Indexing government scandals one at a time
A Corruption Watch investigation has uncovered that the Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF) has engaged in alleged procurement malpractices in the purchase of goods, services and works worth ¢5 million. ...
Aug. 12, 2020
The Minority in Parliament is demanding the whereabouts of some ₵20 million meant for the fixing of streetlights between 2018 and 2019 with claims that the Energy Ministry has not been able to acco...
Aug. 6, 2020
The Finance Minister has revealed that government spent ¢54.3 million on cooked meals distributed during the 21-day lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. According to Ken Ofori-Atta, an extra ¢50.2 mill...
July 24, 2020
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has ordered a former General Manager of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) to retrieve some GHC 1.5m taken from the company’s coffers...
July 7, 2020
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
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
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Tema Oil Refinery boss Asante Berko for “orchestrating a bribery scheme” and arranging at least $2.5 million in bribes to be paid to Ghana gove...
April 14, 2020
As at 2018, the Akufo Addo administration has helped foreign consultants guzzle over US$ 204 million in “technical and management services”. Commenting on the sizeable amount given to foreign co...
March 2, 2020
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
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
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
It has emerged that a sister to Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is alleged to have masterminded the relocation of some 400 tricycles belonging to the Northern Development Authority (NDA) that re...
Jan. 31, 2020
The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Frimpong Boateng, has disclosed that hundreds of seized galamsey excavators have gone missing at the various assemblies. A...
Jan. 27, 2020
It has been revealed that Ghana loses thousands of cedis as a result of confiscated cars being auctioned cheaply to people who are politically connected. JoyNews investigations have uncovered h...
Jan. 15, 2020
Some of the dams built by government under the 1 village 1 dam initiative have dried up after just one week of harmattan. Under the One Village One Dam flagship programme, the Ministry of Specia...
Jan. 6, 2020