The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Appointment of new GHS boss withdrawn after just 2 weeks in office

President Akufo-Addo has withdrawn the appointment of Dr Baffour Awuah as Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). A source close to Dr Awuah said his appointment was withdrawn via an...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

Comprehensive sex education starts in primary one

The Ghana Education Service (GES) will, from next term, introduce sex education into the curriculum of basic schools to equip pupils to know and experience their sexuality. At age six, Primary O...

Sept. 30, 2019

Akufo-Addo's bodyguards prevent man from asking him questions in US

The man who asked president Akufo-Addo about the arrest and deportation of Aisha Huang during a forum at Princeton University in the United States of America says he was prevented by the president’...

Sept. 22, 2019

I 'diverted' School Feeding contracts - Deputy Minister

Member of Parliament for Subin Constituency, Eugene Boakye Antwi who doubles as the Deputy Works and Housing Minister has said he has absolute powers in determining who wins school feeding contract...

Sept. 16, 2019

51% shares for AGI diverted to Enterprise Insurance

Fifty one percent Power Distribution Service (PDS) stake given to Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to collate Ghanaian businesses to buy has been diverted. According to Jantua an Energy exp...

Sept. 16, 2019

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