The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Deputy Minister admits visiting registration centres despite testing positive for COVID-19

The Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah has admitted he visited some voter registration centres despite testing positive for COVID-19. The Tema West MP was seen at some regi...

July 2, 2020

Akufo-Addo directs Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo to take accumulated leave

President Akufo-Addo has asked the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo to take his accumulated leave, a statement from the presidency has said. Director of Communications at the Jubilee House in th...

June 29, 2020

GHC1.5b petroleum revenue not accounted for

An amount of GHC1.5 billion petroleum revenue cannot be accounted for in the 2019 fiscal year, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has disclosed. According to the committee, ...

June 24, 2020

100g cocaine seized at Kpoglu border post missing

In what could become the latest tale of missing narcotics in the custody of the state, 100.1 grams of a whitish substance suspected to be cocaine cannot be accounted for by the Customs Division of ...

June 11, 2020

CID questions Kofi Adomah Nwanwani over predictions on easing of restrictions

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo in his tenth national address on updates on the novel coronavirus lifted some restrictions on the country. Prior to these announcements, a journalist with Angel FM...

June 3, 2020

Akufo-Addo falsely claims Ghana leads Covid-19 testing in Africa

The French News Agency (AFP) has described as false President Akufo-Addo’s claim that Ghana “has administered more tests per million people than any other country in Africa.” According to AFP, i...

May 13, 2020

Govt shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and IMF

factcheck-ghana.com has crosschecked the data submitted to the IMF by the authorities and what has been previously shared with Ghanaians and published by the Ministry of Finance. Based on the figur...

May 8, 2020

Demolition at Old Fadama amidst covid-19 insensitive

Amnesty International Ghana, has condemned what it terms “untimely and insensitive” demolition exercise in one of Accra’s biggest slums, Old Fadama, specifically at the Bimbila Station. In a sta...

April 15, 2020

TOR boss accused of paying $2.5m in bribes to govt officials, MPs

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tema Oil Refinery boss Asante Berko for “orchestrating a bribery scheme” and arranging at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana gove...

April 14, 2020

Gov't defends NIA decision to put Ghanaians at risk amid Covid-19 pandemic

The Deputy Attorney General is urging an Accra High Court to allow the National Identification Authority (NIA) to continue with its Ghana Card registration exercise. In a statement of case filed...

March 23, 2020

Gov't blows $204mn on Tony Blair and other foreign consultants

As at 2018, the Akufo Addo administration has helped foreign consultants guzzle over US$ 204 million in “technical and management services”. Commenting on the sizeable amount given to foreign co...

March 2, 2020

Link Between ‘GETFUND Beneficiary 76’ And Finance Minister Established

A relative of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been identified as a beneficiary of scholarships meant for needy but brilliant students. For starters, Nana Obrempongmaa Ofori-Atta is not...

Feb. 27, 2020

Judge who endorsed Akufo-Addo appointed to Supreme Court

Justice of the Appeals Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga has been appointed to the bench of the Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, together with two o...

Feb. 24, 2020

Databank revealed as co-managers in Ghana’s $3bn Eurobond

Ghana’s 2020 Eurobond which was oversubscribed by up to more than US$14 billion was co-managed by Databank, Fidelity Bank, IC Securities, GCB Bank and SAS Finance Group. Databank has consistentl...

Feb. 10, 2020

Gold seized from anti-galamsey operations goes missing

The whereabouts of a huge consignment of gold and gold ores seized from illegal miners who were arrested in the course of their mining activities during Anti-Galamsey operations has gone missing un...

Feb. 6, 2020

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