The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Dr Bawumia’s sister fingered in missing 400 Government tricycles saga

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

Hundreds of seized galamsey excavators missing

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

Thousand of Cedis lost to politically connected persons over auctioned confiscated cars

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

Govt’s GHC250,000 1-V-1-D dams dry up after 1-week harmattan

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

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

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