The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Ghana included in European Commission dirty money list

The European Commission has added Ghana to a list of 23 countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing frameworks. Ghana and her West Africa...

Feb. 14, 2019

Executive Secretary of NACOB allegedly buys office chair for GH¢10,267

The Executive Secretary of Narcotic Control Board has allegedly bought a single office chair for GH¢10,267. According to a receipt going viral on social media, the chair which cost actually costs G...

Feb. 14, 2019

MoH involved in anti-snake serum procurement breaches

In a ruling of the committee on Legal & Administrative review of the PPA Board issued at its 6th meeting held on Wednesday 13th March 2019, the PPA ruled that the decision by the Ministry of Health...

Feb. 8, 2019

Govt recruiting NPP party boys for election 2020 security team

The Government has started the process of recruiting New Patriotic Party (NPP) boys who are to be trained as election security team. The main job on the line for this election security team is t...

Feb. 8, 2019

Ayawaso By-election: Gun-toting macho men fire shots

Some macho men in National Security branded t-shirts who are suspected to be members of the governing party, NPP's vigilante group attacked some voters at the La-Bawaleshie Presby JHS polling stati...

Jan. 31, 2019

2018 corruption performance still worse than NDC's

Ghana has recorded a score of 41 out of 100 according to the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). This performance is still worse than the country's score of 43 in 2016 under the former administ...

Jan. 29, 2019

Wave of killings 'threaten right to life, liberty of Ghanaians' - Amnesty International

The Ghana chapter of international human rights campaigner, Amnesty International, has urged security agencies to swiftly clampdown on the recent wave of seeming arranged killings in the country. ...

Jan. 17, 2019

$12m worth of fertilizer for Planting for Food and Jobs missing

Some government appointees have been accused of supervising the smuggling of fertilizers into neighboring countries in a move that has caused losses amounting to $12 million. The about 50,000 metri...

Dec. 20, 2018

Gov't discontinues prosecution of Chinese 'Galamsey Queen'

State prosecutors have discontinued the trial of ‘Aisha’ Huang and four other Chinese nationals alleged to have carried out illegal mining activities in the country. The State Attorney, Mercy Arthu...

Dec. 19, 2018

Prez supports in-law to build plush hotel

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod to mark the commencement of the work on the Pullman Accra Airport City Hotel. At the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo said the project is “in line wi...

Dec. 18, 2018

Gov't allegedly blows $12m on embassy building

The Minority in Parliament is accusing government of inflating the price of a building it bought in Norway to be used as Ghana’s Diplomatic mission. According to the Minority spokesperson for Fo...

Dec. 17, 2018

Foreign Affairs Minister in near punch with MP

Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, was engaged in a heated exchange that nearly resulted in a closed hand with member of parliament for Ningo prampram, Sam George over what the...

Dec. 17, 2018

New bill to make Jan 7, Aug 4 public holidays

Government has laid a new bill before Parliament to amend the Public Holidays Act to include January 7 and August 4 as statutory public holidays. The new bill which was laid by the Interior Mini...

Dec. 13, 2018

GHS18K entertainment 'allawa' for Sanitation Ministry

The Minority in Parliament has raised red flags over an GHS18,000 allocation for the Ministry of Water and Sanitation’s entertainment allowance as well as another GHS18,000 allocation for clothing ...

Dec. 12, 2018

Red flags over Sinohydro deal

The Minority in Parliament has stated that the cost components of the Sinohydro deal by the government was, "over bloated" and has, therefore, called for a reduction in the cost. It said the cost f...

Dec. 11, 2018

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