The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

#corruption #incompetence #nepotism
Mayor of Accra spends money on huge billboards

Huge billboards with the portrait of the Greater Accra regional minister, Ishmael Ashitey and the mayor of Accra accompanying inscription “Welcome to Accra, the Proposed Cleanest City in Africa” h...

June 15, 2017

Mandatory fee for vehicle towing is rubbish

Road Transport Consultant, Cecil Garbrah has described as “rubbish”, the decision by the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) to make vehicle owners pay a mandatory yearly towing fee. Effectiv...

June 14, 2017

NPP, Nana Addo donate GHC35,000 to Woyome

Businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome was given an amount of GHC 35,000 by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, when he lost his mother. GHC20,000 of the amo...

June 14, 2017

Sunyani High Court slaps Deputy Minister with contempt

A SUNYANI High Court has fined a Deputy Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr Williams Kwasi Sabi, GH¢7,000 for contempt, in default of which he will serve a 30-day prison term. On February ...

June 10, 2017

Invisible Forces seize 'trotro' station, assault drivers in Accra

Vigilante group affiliated to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Invisible force, has seized the Ashaiman Taboo line Biakoye Trotro station in the Greater Accra Region, assaulting drivers and pa...

June 9, 2017

Northern Regional Minister, Bugri Naabu clash over road contract

A foretaste of a seeming acrimonious relationship between the Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed and Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu is getting...

June 8, 2017

GHC10,000 Chinese Embassy gift to Attorney General worrying

Anti-graft body Ghana Integrity Initiative has expressed reservations with Ghana’s Attorney General’s Department for accepting a GHC10,000 gift from the China Embassy. Sun Baohong, the Chinese A...

June 7, 2017

Kintampo disaster an act of God

The disaster which occurred at the Kintampo Waterfalls claiming several lives in March this year has been described as an “Act of God”, a report presented to Parliament has revealed. Twenty peop...

June 6, 2017

"Don't call me incompetent, it is disrespectful" - Agric Minister

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said that it is disrespectful to use the word ‘incompetence’ on him. Coincidentally, the term 'incompetence' was used to describ...

May 28, 2017

10,000 bags of fertiliser missing

Over 10,000 bags of government-subsidised fertiliser for farmers in the Upper West Region have reportedly disappeared. The bags, meant for distribution for farmers in the Sissala East and Sissal...

May 23, 2017

Akufo-Addo sacks 13,000 public sector workers

In what is been described as reenactment of the dismissal of some 568 selected public servants by their forebear government of Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia, President Akufo-Addo has in the last...

May 23, 2017

NADMO boss has 5 deputies

The current Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) Eric Nana Agyemang-Prempeh has five deputies. They include, Deputy-General in charge of Operations, Deputy i...

May 19, 2017

AG drops case against Delta Force 8

The Attorney General has dropped its case against eight members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force, who allegedly stormed the Kumasi Circuit Court and freed some of their...

May 17, 2017

Medical Director of Ridge Regional Hospital sacked without due process

The medical director of Ridge Regional Hospital Dr Thomas Anaba has been relieved of his post. Dr. Anaba’s appointment was supposed to last till 2020 and had the option to re-apply but has been ...

May 16, 2017

BOST CEO removes tanker drivers for friends

A plus, a sympathizer of the Akufo-Addo government has been issued license by BOST for the distribution of refined petroleum products from its depots to certain parts of the country. He told the...

May 15, 2017

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