The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Police abuse and arrest demonstrators protesting against economic crisis

Police have arrested protesters during demonstrations against the cost of living and the economic crisis gripping the country. Some journalists who were covering the protests, which took place outs...

Sept. 21, 2023

Ablakwa Drops Details Of Gabby Otchere-Darko's Involvement In Shady GH¢187M West Blue Deal

There is a grand scheme led by President Nana Akufo-Addo's cousin, Gabby Otchere-Darko, to illegally draw GH¢187,356,969.55 from state coffers, according to lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. Tit...

Aug. 1, 2023

BoG records ¢60.8bn loss in 2022

The Bank of Ghana recorded a loss of ¢60.8 Billion Ghana cedis in 2022, its Annual Report and Financial Statements has revealed. The Central Bank’s record loss is coming after it posted a ¢1.2 ...

July 29, 2023

2 househelps allegedly steal $1m, €300k and millions of cedis from Sanitation Minister

An Accra Circuit Court has been told that huge sums of money and other items of Sanitation Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah and her husband, Daniel Osei Kuffour have been stolen from their Abelemkpe h...

July 21, 2023

Ghana drops on Press Freedom index again, worse record in 18 years

Ghana has for the second successive year dropped on the annual Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders. The country’s ranking fell from 60th place last year to 62nd place in 20...

May 3, 2023

$2.5m of crude condensate missing at Tema Oil Refinery

The Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has revealed that crude condensate worth $2.5m has gone missing from the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). Dr. Prempeh stated that the deal he secured for ...

April 20, 2023

Former Minister for Environment indicts NPP officials, others in ‘bombshell’ galamsey report

A bombshell report authored by former Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has found itself in the public domain indicting several New P...

April 20, 2023

Ghana’s president is my close friend, lawyer – Gold trader who smuggles $40m from Ghana monthly

A Canadian man who smuggles $40 million worth of gold from Ghana every month has disclosed the kind of close relationship he has with Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Alistair Mathia...

April 16, 2023

Ursula blasted for naming facility after mum

Minister of Communication and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has come under criticism for naming a library and tech hub after her mother. The Christiana Akua Brago Diawuo Library and Tech Hu...

April 3, 2023

OSP documents show Bawumia’s office stole 10,000 bags of rice for Ramadan donations

Mr James Keck Osei who works at the Office of the Vice President as Director of Administration, is being investigated by the Special Prosecutor for addressing an unauthorised letter to the Commissi...

Feb. 14, 2023

Fraudulent payment for school placement traced to Education Minister’s access

A fraudulent payment made for the placement of a student into a category “A” school in 2022 was traced to the login access of the Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum. This is contained ...

Feb. 9, 2023

Auditor General reveals violations in use of Covid 19 funds

The Auditor-General has disclosed that the government spent ¢10 billion of monies mobilised for Covid-19 activities on budget support. According to the A-G, a total of ¢21,844,189,185.24 was mob...

Jan. 23, 2023

Ablakwa exposes Nat’l Cathedral’s Rev Kusi Boateng

Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has presented what he describes as “unimpeachable” and “incontrovertible” evidence against the Secretary to the Board of Tr...

Jan. 16, 2023

Ghana suspends payment of most external debts

Ghana has suspended payments on most of its external debt, effectively defaulting as the country struggles to plug its cavernous balance of payments deficit. The finance ministry said that it wi...

Dec. 20, 2022

Ghana’s Cedi Slumps to World’s Worst Performer

Ghana’s cedi slumped to become the world’s worst-performing currency this year as investors continued to squeeze foreign capital to the west African country before a deal with the International Mon...

Oct. 17, 2022

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