The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

#corruption #incompetence #nepotism
AFCON 2019 budget outrageous

The Sports Minister, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has put the expenditure on AFCON 2019 at $4.5million, the same amount paid as prize money for the winner, Algeria. Mr Asiamah who was harangued by the me...

July 24, 2019

MoF pays $1m to Kroll Associates for no work done

The Auditor-General (A-G), Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo has accused the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of dishing out payments to third-party organizations even though no work was executed to warrant such pa...

July 23, 2019

"As A Minister, An Intern Has No Right To Call Me"- Sanitation Minister

Sanitation minister Cecilia Dapaah has told off a Multimedia intern, emphasising, her request for an interview is disrespectful because she is an intern. ‘Who gave you the permission to call me ...

July 22, 2019

12 top gov't projects awarded to one firm

The association of designers and architects have expressed displeasure at the NPP government for awarding all of Ghana's top projects to one individual According to a statement addressed to Pre...

July 16, 2019

Afoko bail reversal 'height of injustice'

A human rights lawyer, Mr Francis-Xavier Sosu, has described a High Court ruling rescinding the bail granted Mr Gregory Afoko, a suspect being tried for the murder of the governing New Patriotic Pa...

July 15, 2019

Gov’t paid Ghs283 million judgment debt since it took office 2017

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed that the current administration has paid 283 million Ghana cedis as judgment debt since it took office in 2017. The Finance Minister was res...

July 14, 2019

Over GHc3 million Duase warehousing projects defective

A four-warehouse project, rehabilitated at the cost of a little over GH₵3 million at Duase in the Manhyia North district of the Ashanti Region and just handed over to the state, has been classified...

July 12, 2019

Former GMA boss accused of corruption appointed to chair GRA board

The former boss of the Ghana Maritime Authority who was in the news for allegedly installing 13 air conditioners in his office, has been appointed chairman board of the Ghana Revenue Authority. ...

July 10, 2019

Only the best nurses would be exported – Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has said that the government will do due diligence in the posting of nurses to work abroad if an agreement with partner countries is officially cemented. “We would e...

July 10, 2019

Sekyere East DCE ‘fingered’ in school feeding rot

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere East in the Ashanti region, Mary Boatemaa Marfo has been accused of misappropriating funds meant for Ghana School Feeding Programme. According to a...

July 8, 2019

Protocol gaffe: Foreign Affairs Minister cuts through national flag

The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu, Ras Mubarak has raised legal concerns over the Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway’s supervision of the cutting of the Ghana flag in China. ...

June 30, 2019

Nat’l Security raids media house; arrests journalists & seizes equipment

The offices of the online news portal, ModernGhana.com, in Accra have reportedly been raided by persons suspected to be from the National Security who took away working equipment, arrested three ed...

June 28, 2019

Ghana lost GHc9.6bn to corruption since 2017

The Centre for Democratic Development’s (CDD) says its studies show that GHc 9.6 billion has been lost from the public purse as a result of corrupt practices in the country since 2017. At a prem...

June 19, 2019

Akufo-Addo rented private jet to watch UEFA Champions League final in Spain

President Akufo-Addo rented a private jet from Europe and flew to the Spanish capital of Madrid to watch the June 1, UEFA Champions League Final, between two English teams; Liverpool and Tottenham ...

June 16, 2019

Mac Manu fingered in $1.5 billion MPS deal

Board Chairman of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), Peter Mac Manu, is facing allegations of conflict of interest and outright bias in the scandalous $1.5 billion concession agreement ...

May 31, 2019

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