The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Ghana hit with $134m judgment debt for cancelling GCGP’s power agreement

The International Court of Arbitration has awarded a cost of $134 million and an interest of $30 million against the Government of Ghana over the cancellation of an Emergency Power Agreement with G...

Feb. 15, 2021

853,000 Maths sets procured at Gh¢75 each not delivered on time

Ministers-Designate Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Dr Emmanuel Adutwum clashed over a vetting question as to who authorized the sole-sourced procurement of more than 853,000 pieces of mathematical se...

Feb. 15, 2021

Dir of Communications at the Presidency amasses wealth in 4 years

The wife of Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, Gloria Assan Arhin has filed for divorce from her husband on grounds of adultery and abuse, listing numerous properties owned by...

Feb. 10, 2021

Ghs52 billion tax revenue allegedly stolen from GCB

An audit report released by a US based Journalist, Kelvin Taylor has revealed that about GHC52 billion of tax revenue had moved from the GCB transit account to unknown destination accounts. The ...

Nov. 30, 2020

Chairman Wontumi awarded $45 million contract by Cocobod

Leaked documents reveal that the Ghana Cocoa Board has awarded a road contract in excess of Forty Five Million Dollars ($45 million) to a company identified as Hallmark Civil Engineering for the co...

Nov. 28, 2020

Procurement contract at NLA causes loss of $10m to the country

A JoyNews investigation has uncovered the loss of over $10 million in the procurement of Point of Sale (POS) devices for the National Lottery Authority (NLA). In the documentary, the team gather...

Nov. 18, 2020

Special Prosecutor resigns citing interference from the Presidency

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has resigned from his position three years after he was appointed by President Akufo-Addo over a dispute surrounding a planned $500 million initial public offe...

Nov. 16, 2020

Corruption, money laundering hits COCOBOD

Documents Intercepted from the Financial Intelligence Centre, reveals high standards of corruption, nepotism and money laundering being perpetuated at Ghana Cocoa Board. The documents which were...

Nov. 16, 2020

$200k bribery scandal hits FDA boss

The CEO of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the head of Legal Affairs are being investigated for allegedly taking bribe from the manufacturer of COA FS. Professor Samuel Ato Duncan told in...

Nov. 12, 2020

NPP Vice Chairman in Mfantsiman busted for selling subsidised outboard motors

An investigation by freelance investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, has revealed that the Mfantsiman Constituency second vice-chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) sold an o...

Oct. 6, 2020

Ghana’s Embassy in Belgium ordered by bankers to close all accounts, withdraw funds

Ghana’s Embassy in Belgium has been directed to close all its four accounts with its bankers, the ING Bank latest by November 12, 2020. The order from ING Bank means the Embassy has until the gi...

Oct. 5, 2020

Bono Regional Minister is corrupt - Majority Chief Whip

According to Hon. Ameyaw Cheremeh, the corrupt activities of Hon. Kumi Richardson is affecting the integrity of the Akufo-Addo government and called for her to be brought to order. “I am appeali...

Oct. 2, 2020

Exim Bank Splashes GHC 2 Million on Shatta Wale, Others

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised red flags over claims that the Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) paid GH₵2 million to dancehall musician Shatta Wale, known in private life as Charles...

Sept. 11, 2020

Prez Akufo-Addo illegally used public funds to pay his foreign election consultants

Despite Ghanaian laws, Ghana’s Government paid KRL International for services provided for the New Patriotic Party. Despite US laws, KRL International provided services for a foreign political part...

Aug. 25, 2020

Gov't collateralizes mineral royalties in an act of state capture

Parliament has approved the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalty Limited agreement with the government of Ghana despite a walkout by the Minority. The minerals royalties investment agreement bet...

Aug. 17, 2020

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