The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Akufo-Addo falsely claims Ghana leads Covid-19 testing in Africa

The French News Agency (AFP) has described as false President Akufo-Addo’s claim that Ghana “has administered more tests per million people than any other country in Africa.” According to AFP, i...

May 13, 2020

Govt shared different macroeconomic data with Ghanaians and IMF

factcheck-ghana.com has crosschecked the data submitted to the IMF by the authorities and what has been previously shared with Ghanaians and published by the Ministry of Finance. Based on the figur...

May 8, 2020

Demolition at Old Fadama amidst covid-19 insensitive

Amnesty International Ghana, has condemned what it terms “untimely and insensitive” demolition exercise in one of Accra’s biggest slums, Old Fadama, specifically at the Bimbila Station. In a sta...

April 15, 2020

Gov't defends NIA decision to put Ghanaians at risk amid Covid-19 pandemic

The Deputy Attorney General is urging an Accra High Court to allow the National Identification Authority (NIA) to continue with its Ghana Card registration exercise. In a statement of case filed...

March 23, 2020

Gov't blows $204mn on Tony Blair and other foreign consultants

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

Gold seized from anti-galamsey operations goes missing

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

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

National security minister caught in a romantic video call with his sidechick

A video call conversation between the National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah and an unidentified lady has gone viral. In the video, the National Security Minister who was obviously love s...

Jan. 12, 2020

Government refuses to distribute ambulances to save lives

Government has refused to distribute ambulances badly needed to save lives of patients. The government procured the first batch of ambulances numbering 96 for distribution to all 275 constituencies...

Nov. 25, 2019

Appointment of new GHS boss withdrawn after just 2 weeks in office

President Akufo-Addo has withdrawn the appointment of Dr Baffour Awuah as Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). A source close to Dr Awuah said his appointment was withdrawn via an...

Nov. 20, 2019

Gov't ignores Volta Region whilst budgeting for road construction in all other regions

In the 2020 budget presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, government’s plan to fix deplorable roads across the country excluded roads in the Volta Region. The budget ha...

Nov. 13, 2019

Only witches are complaining of hardship under Nana Addo - Ursula Owusu

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has disclosed that anyone complaining of hardship under the current Akufo-Addo administration is a 'witch'. She said it's only a 'witch' that ...

Oct. 21, 2019

We’ll terminate deals of contractors who insult Akufo-Addo – Roads Minister

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta has threatened to terminate the contracts of road contractors who abuse and disrespect the President. Addressing a gathering at Akwatia dur...

Oct. 14, 2019

Tear gas, gunshots halt law students’ demo

At least 10 protesters have been arrested after the demonstration by law students ended abruptly. The demonstration, seeking reforms to legal education in Ghana, started peacefully at the main camp...

Oct. 7, 2019

Akufo-Addo's bodyguards prevent man from asking him questions in US

The man who asked president Akufo-Addo about the arrest and deportation of Aisha Huang during a forum at Princeton University in the United States of America says he was prevented by the president’...

Sept. 22, 2019

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