The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Gov’t deal with Exxon Mobil unlawful

Co-Chair of the Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative, Dr. Steve Manteaw, has accused the government circumventing the law by signing an oil exploration deal with Exxon Mobil. Dr. Ma...

Jan. 20, 2018

DVLA selling GH¢10 first aid kit for over GH¢100

The Minority in Parliament has urged drivers to refuse to pay for a mandatory first aid kit charged by Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) describing the cost as overpriced. The Nation...

Jan. 3, 2018

Presidential staffer mocks jobless youth

Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana, a Presidetial Staffer has mocked unemployed youth who go to her seeking for a job. In a Facebook post, she wrote "Those of you who usually meet me at events and immedi...

Dec. 29, 2017

Special Development Ministry to blow GHC800k on website

Parliament has approved a staggering amount of GHC800,000 for the development of a website for the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives. The figure was contained in the breakdown of the mini...

Dec. 21, 2017

Senior Minister office illegal, budgetary allocation rejected

An Executive Instrument (EI28) containing a list of ministries signed by President Nana Akufo-Addo and gazetted on 28th February, 2017 did not include the office of the Senior Minister as a ministr...

Dec. 18, 2017

Expats Charged $100k To Sit With Akufo-Addo

Expatriates who work in Ghana were recently charged $100, 000 to sit on the same table with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Member of Parliament for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak has revealed...

Dec. 15, 2017

Ken Attafuah sacks NIA staff for criticizing government on Facebook

The Acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has sacked a staff of the authority for his constant criticism of the government via social media platforms. A lette...

Dec. 15, 2017

Congestion at SHSs exposes students to meningitis – Ghana Health Service

The Head of Disease and Surveillance Unit at the Ghana Health Service has identified congestion at senior high schools (SHSs) as one risk factor for the spread of meningitis. Dr Franklin Asiedu-...

Dec. 13, 2017

Conflict of interest? NLA boss takes $60K personal loan from service provider

NLA boss, Mr. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw took a $60K personal loan from service provider barely one month after he was appointed Director-General of the National Lottery Authority in March 2017. When Kofi...

Dec. 13, 2017

Second Deputy BoG Governor pushed out

The fate of the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Johnson Asiama, is uncertain, as his legal advisor says the government is pushing for his exit from the central bank. Dr Asi...

Dec. 12, 2017

Gov’t spent over Gh¢100k to rename Tamale Stadium

Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Pius Enam Hadzide feels his outfit was modest in spending over GHC 100,000 to rename the Tamale Sports Stadium after late Vice President Aliu Mahama. Accordi...

Dec. 12, 2017

Stop Whining About Bad Roads; Just Pay Your Tolls - Anthony Karbo

Deputy Roads Minister, Anthony Karbo has urged Ghanaians to stop being grouchy about the terrible state of roads in the country and support government by paying their toll fees for the repair of th...

Dec. 11, 2017

Akufo-Addo was wrong to have endorsed Jospong

Former Chair of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short has said the President Nana AKufo-Addo made an error in endorsing the JOSPONG Group of...

Dec. 4, 2017

Let’s Employ TESCON Members Before Others

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Service Scheme, Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B has urged executives of The Tertiary Students Confederacy Network of the New Patriotic Party (TE...

Nov. 27, 2017

Over 200 instances of pre-mix fuel diversions recorded in 2017

There have been at least 200 cases of premix fuel diversions in the country since January 2017 costing the nation over 22 million cedis in the regulation of the petroleum sector. The phenomenon whi...

Nov. 27, 2017

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