The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

#corruption #incompetence #nepotism
400 tricycles stolen at Northern Development Authority

400 tricycles worth Ghs2 million have been allegedly stolen from the Northern Development Authority’s (NDA) yard. Some National Security officials and a deputy chief executive officer of the Nor...

Jan. 6, 2020

Presidency spent GHs62m on foreign travels in 9 months

The Presidency spent 62,578,224 Ghana Cedis on foreign travels and related expenses in the first nine months of 2019. This is according to documents presented to Parliament as part of budget est...

Dec. 19, 2019

Akufo-Addo has over 50 relatives occupying various positions in government

President Akufo-Addo has over 50 relatives occupying various positions in his government. In a press statement purposely held to address the "family and friends" nature of the NPP government, the N...

Nov. 5, 2019

GNPC blows millions on First Lady, Okyenhene and others as donations

A leaked memo from Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) showing its Board has approved some outrageous amounts running into millions of Ghana Cedis as donation and sponsorship requests for v...

Nov. 4, 2019

I 'diverted' School Feeding contracts - Deputy Minister

Member of Parliament for Subin Constituency, Eugene Boakye Antwi who doubles as the Deputy Works and Housing Minister has said he has absolute powers in determining who wins school feeding contract...

Sept. 16, 2019

51% shares for AGI diverted to Enterprise Insurance

Fifty one percent Power Distribution Service (PDS) stake given to Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to collate Ghanaian businesses to buy has been diverted. According to Jantua an Energy exp...

Sept. 16, 2019

Akufo-Addo most corrupt President in 4th republic

Former Director of the Ghana Integrity Initiative, Vitus Azeem has described the current Akufo-Addo-led government as the worst in the fight against corruption. Comparing the tenures of leaders...

Sept. 6, 2019

Acting board chairperson rents her buildings to GRA, pockets GH¢1.4m yearly

Ms. Adelaide Ahwireng, acting board chairperson of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rented two buildings belonging to her as offices for the revenue collecting agency at cut-throat annual char...

Sept. 2, 2019

NYA boss resigns over procurement breaches

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority, Emmanuel Sin-nyet Asigri, has reportedly resigned, days after a board member of the Authority resigned citing "issues". According to ...

Aug. 31, 2019

PPA boss busted for selling government contracts

Adjenim Boateng Adjei, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has being unmasked in an exposé over sale of government contracts. In a documentary by Investigative Jo...

Aug. 21, 2019

Close to GH¢100 million spent on capacity building

The Minister for Business Development, Mohammed Ibrahim Awal has revealed that his ministry has so far spent about GHC 100 Million as part of its many initiatives to build capacity of entrepreneurs...

Aug. 14, 2019

$10m wasted on cocoa roads audit

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government of wasting US$10 million of tax payers’ money to illegally procure audits not sanctioned by the Auditor General. The Mino...

July 26, 2019

AFCON 2019 budget outrageous

The Sports Minister, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has put the expenditure on AFCON 2019 at $4.5million, the same amount paid as prize money for the winner, Algeria. Mr Asiamah who was harangued by the me...

July 24, 2019

MoF pays $1m to Kroll Associates for no work done

The Auditor-General (A-G), Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo has accused the Ministry of Finance (MoF) of dishing out payments to third-party organizations even though no work was executed to warrant such pa...

July 23, 2019

Gov’t paid Ghs283 million judgment debt since it took office 2017

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has disclosed that the current administration has paid 283 million Ghana cedis as judgment debt since it took office in 2017. The Finance Minister was res...

July 14, 2019

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