The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Procurement Minister to face Parliament over GHC28.8m MASLOC sole sourcing

Parliament is set to question the Procurement Minister over claims Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) CEO failed to go through due process in the award of a GH¢28.8 million contract. A...

March 13, 2018

Handling of traders around Nana Addo’s home ‘reckless’ – IDEG Boss

The Executive Director of the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), Emmanuel Akwetey, has criticised government’s handling of the eviction of traders around President Nana Akufo-Addo’s Nima re...

March 10, 2018

Ghana at 60 committee orders Ghana flags from China

The Ghana at 60 Committee Chairman Ken Amankwah has defended the decision of the Ghana at 60 Committee to order Ghana flags from China. Speaking on CitiFM’s Point Blank on Eyewitness news, he sa...

March 8, 2018

Alarm over 1 million cedis MIT program for heads of Youth agencies

The Minority is demanding an audit into what it claims to be frivolous expenses and a possible case of causing financial loss to the state by the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh in a one mi...

March 1, 2018

Presidency gifted NPP GH¢5 million for Cape Coast Conference-Obiri Boahen

Details emerging from an audio recording which captures the voice believed to be that of that Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen reveals that the Presiden...

Feb. 27, 2018

Ghana records worst corruption performance in six years

Ghana has recorded its worst performance in the last six years in its fight against corruption, the latest corruption perception index (CPI) has revealed. The country dropped three points from i...

Feb. 22, 2018

Sanitation Minister justifies threats against TV3 journalist

Sanitation minister, Kofi Adda has justified death threats against TV3/3FM journalist, Kwakye Afreh-Nuamah, accusing him of being bribed to run him down. An NPP activist, Hajia Boya called up Afreh...

Feb. 20, 2018

Mobile-clinic vans procured by NDC gov’t rotting away

Joy News investigations have revealed that eight Mobile-clinic vans imported by the John Mahama administration are currently rotting away Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The specialised vans were de...

Feb. 14, 2018

Exton Cubic floors government in court

A High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has ruled in favour of Exton Cubic Limited in a suit it filed challenging the revocation of their mining lease by the Lands and Na...

Feb. 8, 2018

I wasn't appointed to be a 'borla man' - Sanitation Minister

Sanitation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has told his critics that he was not appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to go about sweeping the streets and collecting public waste. In his view, those ...

Feb. 7, 2018

Fisheries Minister kicks out Director from office

Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye has attacked the Ministry's Director of Finance and Administration, Cecilia Ezuah in a bid to forcibly remove from her position. ...

Jan. 29, 2018

Luxury cars valued at $3.2m seized from MCE's residence

Two luxurious Mercedes Benz vehicles, with the street value of $3.2 million, allegedly smuggled into the country through the Aflao border has been seized at the residence of MCE for Ketu South. ...

Jan. 22, 2018

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

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