The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Ghana bought $2m shares in Sky Train company established in Mauritius

An amount of US$2 million Ghana paid in 2019 as premium to acquire ordinary shares for the development of the Accra Sky Train Project has been reported as a net liability. This is contained in ...

Sept. 2, 2022

¢17.4bn in financial irregularities recorded in 2021

A total of ¢17.4 billion in financial irregularities have been flagged by the Auditor-General in its latest report submitted to parliament for the 2021 financial year. This represents a 36% rise co...

Aug. 30, 2022

State vehicles sold to judges in unapproved auction despite Akufo-Addo’s 2017 ban

The Auditor-General has indicted the Judicial Service for an unapproved auction of vehicles to judges and has ordered the retrieval of the 19 vehicles. The list of beneficiaries of the auctioned...

Aug. 30, 2022

Special Prosecutor cites Council of State member and GRA officials in corruption case

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has recovered GH¢1.074 million from Labianca Company Limited, owned by a member of the Council of State, Ms Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh. The amo...

Aug. 8, 2022

S&P downgrades Ghana's credit rating from B- to CCC+ - Report

Ratings agency, S&P Global Ratings, has revised Ghana’s rating from B-/B to CCC+/C, putting the country’s creditworthiness into junk status. It also reviewed the country’s economic outlook to ne...

Aug. 8, 2022

Relocation of Ameri plant to Kumasi cost over bloated from $25.48m to $35.6m

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has raised concern over plans by the Energy Ministry to move the Ameri Plant to Kumasi. In a statement issued by ACEP, it has kicked against the idea, ...

Aug. 3, 2022

Ghana set to record lowest cocoa crop yield in 12 years

Ghana is heading for its smallest cocoa crop in 12 years after drought withered pods and illegal gold miners damaged plantations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Preliminary da...

July 30, 2022

GES reviewing Free SHS to determine how much parents can pay

Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, says a review of the Free Senior High School Policy is underway. This exercise, he reveals is geared at determi...

July 22, 2022

Ghana ranked 2nd among countries with highest debt default risk in 2022

A Bloomberg study has ranked Ghana 2nd among countries with the highest debt default risk in 2022. The country closely follows El Salvador (ranked number one) in the Sovereign Debt Vulnerability...

July 19, 2022

Ghana to make U-turn and ask IMF for help as economic conditions worsen

Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has authorized Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta to commence formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to support the country’s e...

July 6, 2022

Former NDA CEO accuses successor of forging his signature in ¢10m fraud case

The former CEO of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) has petitioned the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, over a fraud issue involving him. Dr Sulemana Anamzoya, in the petition, ac...

June 27, 2022

Akufo-Addo’s Minister caught in conflict of interest

JoyNews’ investigations have revealed how a company linked to the Deputy Sanitation Minister, Amidu Issahaku Chinnia, and registered in the names of his brother, cousin, and personal driver won gov...

June 27, 2022

Free SHS branded T-shirts estimated to cost GHC38m being shared to students

Starrfm.com.gh has uncovered bulk printing of Free SHS branded T-shirts for distribution to about 1,274,412 students currently in schools across the country. The T-shirts are being procured by ...

June 15, 2022

Education Minister fingered in $1.2 million ‘phantom’ training scandal

The Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has been fingered in an alleged phantom training scheme of teachers costing $1.2 million from the World Bank. According to correspondences from his of...

May 25, 2022

Corruption Watch petitions Special Prosecutor over Sir John’s will

An anti-corruption group, Corruption Watch, has petitioned the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) to investigate the alleged state lands belonging to the late Chief Executive Officer of the For...

May 25, 2022

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