The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Dr Bawumia’s sister fingered in missing 400 Government tricycles saga

It has emerged that a sister to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is alleged to have masterminded the relocation of some 400 tricycles belonging to the Northern Development Authority (NDA) that re...

Jan. 31, 2020

Hundreds of seized galamsey excavators missing

The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Frimpong Boateng, has disclosed that hundreds of seized galamsey excavators have gone missing at the various assemblies. A...

Jan. 27, 2020

Thousand of Cedis lost to politically connected persons over auctioned confiscated cars

It has been revealed that Ghana loses thousands of cedis as a result of confiscated cars being auctioned cheaply to people who are politically connected. JoyNews investigations have uncovered h...

Jan. 15, 2020

National security minister caught in a romantic video call with his sidechick

A video call conversation between the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah and an unidentified lady has gone viral. In the video, the National Security Minister who was obviously love s...

Jan. 12, 2020

400 tricycles stolen at Northern Development Authority

400 tricycles worth Ghs2 million have been allegedly stolen from the Northern Development Authority’s (NDA) yard. Some National Security officials and a deputy chief executive officer of the Nor...

Jan. 6, 2020

Govt’s GHC250,000 1-V-1-D dams dry up after 1-week harmattan

Some of the dams built by government under the 1 village 1 dam initiative have dried up after just one week of harmattan. Under the One Village One Dam flagship programme, the Ministry of Specia...

Jan. 6, 2020

Presidency spent GHs62m on foreign travels in 9 months

The Presidency spent 62,578,224 Ghana Cedis on foreign travels and related expenses in the first nine months of 2019. This is according to documents presented to Parliament as part of budget est...

Dec. 19, 2019

Government refuses to distribute ambulances to save lives

Government has refused to distribute ambulances badly needed to save lives of patients. The government procured the first batch of ambulances numbering 96 for distribution to all 275 constituencies...

Nov. 25, 2019

Appointment of new GHS boss withdrawn after just 2 weeks in office

President Akufo-Addo has withdrawn the appointment of Dr Baffour Awuah as Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). A source close to Dr Awuah said his appointment was withdrawn via an...

Nov. 20, 2019

Gov't ignores Volta Region whilst budgeting for road construction in all other regions

In the 2020 budget presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, government’s plan to fix deplorable roads across the country excluded roads in the Volta Region. The budget ha...

Nov. 13, 2019

Akufo-Addo has over 50 relatives occupying various positions in government

President Akufo-Addo has over 50 relatives occupying various positions in his government. In a press statement purposely held to address the "family and friends" nature of the NPP government, the N...

Nov. 5, 2019

GNPC blows millions on First Lady, Okyenhene and others as donations

A leaked memo from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) showing its Board has approved some outrageous amounts running into millions of Ghana Cedis as donation and sponsorship requests for v...

Nov. 4, 2019

Only witches are complaining of hardship under Nana Addo - Ursula Owusu

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has disclosed that anyone complaining of hardship under the current Akufo-Addo administration is a 'witch'. She said it's only a 'witch' that ...

Oct. 21, 2019

We’ll terminate deals of contractors who insult Akufo-Addo – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta has threatened to terminate the contracts of road contractors who abuse and disrespect the President. Addressing a gathering at Akwatia dur...

Oct. 14, 2019

Tear gas, gunshots halt law students’ demo

At least 10 protesters have been arrested after the demonstration by law students ended abruptly. The demonstration, seeking reforms to legal education in Ghana, started peacefully at the main camp...

Oct. 7, 2019

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