The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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CSOs want Parliament to investigate $1.65 billion Aker Energy deal

Ghana will be shortchanged if the government goes ahead to fork out $1.65 billion for shares in two oil blocks, the Alliance of civil society organisations working on Extractives, Anti-Corruption a...

Aug. 7, 2021

Akufo Addo's nephew exposes corruption in his government

A supposed relative of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has exposed corruption in the Akufo-Addo government. In a 14-minute long video message posted on Facebook, the gentleman by name Angel N...

Aug. 7, 2021

I didn’t think properly before entering into Sputnik V contract - Health Minister

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has admitted he did not do due diligence before contracting with the private office of one Emirati Sheikh, H.H Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum for 3.4 million d...

July 19, 2021

Gov’t blows GHC34.8m on Past Questions for 2021 WASSCE candidates

The Government has spent a whooping GHC34.8 million on purchasing past questions for 2021 WASSCE candidates under free SHS program. According to the Minister of Education, Yaw Osei Adutwum, the min...

July 14, 2021

Get other jobs if you want to become millionaires - Akufo-Addo to Teachers

President Akufo-Addo has stated without equivocation that teaching does not make rich. According to him, teaching is a sacrificial service one renders not expecting to rake in much money to become ...

July 12, 2021

Akufo-Addo approves salaries for Rebecca, Samira

The Emoluments Committee set up by President Akufo-Addo has recommended that spouses of Heads of States and their Vices be put on salaries. And as part of the novelty, the Committee recommends that...

July 3, 2021

Ghana slapped with $170mn judgement debt over wrongful termination of power contract

A United Kingdom Court says it is too late for Ghana to appeal against a US $164 million judgment debt awarded against it for wrongfully terminating the contract of an independent power producer, G...

June 23, 2021

Disagreement At PMMC: Board, MD petition President Over GH¢1.4m Scandal

The raging boardroom wrangling at the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) has reached alarming heights as both the Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan and the Board Ch...

June 9, 2021

Ghana buys overpriced Sputnik V vaccines through middlemen

Ghana is said to have bought overpriced Sputnik V vaccines from the Russian Investment Fund through some businessmen, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang has alleged. The deal was allegedly ratif...

June 9, 2021

Akufo-Addo spends £15,000 per hour on luxury jet

The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has criticised President Akufo-Addo over what he described as “expensive” travels. The NDC legislator said the President has consistently abandoned t...

May 27, 2021

NPP Delta Force throw Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator out of office

The Ashanti Regional National Security Coordinator, DCOP Ayensu Opare Addo (Rtd), has suffered the embarrassment of being handcuffed in his office. The security capo, who is a former Ashanti Reg...

May 18, 2021

Armed police officers besiege Citi FM to arrest journalist

A team of about seven heavily armed police officers besieged the premises of Citi FM and Citi TV in an attempt to arrest a journalist. Zoe Abu-Baidoo, a broadcast journalist with Citi FM and Cit...

May 11, 2021

Schools in Ashanti Region allegedly involved in school feeding programme corruption

The Ghana Police Service has begun investigations into alleged corruption in the implementation of the School Feeding Programme in some Senior High Schools (SHSs). So far, 53 schools in the Ashanti...

May 10, 2021

Angel FM suspends Captain Smart for bashing gov't officials

Radio host Blessed Godsbrain Smart, alias Captain Smart has been suspended by Angel FM for allegedly repeatedly bashing government officials including President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. This w...

May 6, 2021

Anger over $25million Black Stars budget

A declaration by the Minister for Youth and Sports that the country will spend $25million dollars on the 2022 Africa Cup and the World Cup has been met with anger by some Ghanaians on social media....

April 29, 2021

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