The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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GHC 4,500 iPad keyboard for Cocobod board members

Ghanaians are in shock after a document requesting keyboards to be bought for board members of Ghana’s cocobod hit the internet. Cocobod’s leaked proforma invoice dated February 26, 2024 and sig...

April 1, 2024

Govt spent GHC68.5m to photocopy ‘passco’ for WASSCE candidates through sole-sourcing

The Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has revealed that the government spent an amount of GHS68.5 million to photocopy past questions for candidates of the West African Senior School Examin...

March 4, 2024

Bawumia’s family benefiting from overpriced single-sourced cocoa road contracts

The MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia of being deceptive to Ghanaians by promising to end unmerited single-sourcing of government contract...

Feb. 16, 2024

Gov't spent $12m on suspended Agyapa Royalties deal

The government of Ghana spent $12 million on the botched Agyapa royalties deal, according to CEO Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng of the Minerals Income Investment Fund, as reported to the Public Accounts...

Feb. 15, 2024

Questionable contract by Finance Minister gives SML over $100 million annually

In a shocking exposé, the Fourth Estate unearthed a concerning alliance between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), a mysterious startup. This alliance...

Dec. 18, 2023

‘Heaven Scandal’ Exposes Akufo-Addo’s Secret Land Grab

Member of parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has accused President Akufo-Addo and finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta of handing over airport lands to a company by name Heaven Builde...

Oct. 2, 2023

BOST admits to buying 18 iPhones for staff

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Limited Company (BOST) has issued a statement addressing recent reports regarding its acquisition of 18 iPhone 13 Pro Max devices for corporate executives, c...

Oct. 1, 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

$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

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

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