The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Ghana Hires McKinsey to Boost Tax Take

Ghana’s tax agency has hired McKinsey & Co. to help boost collections after missing the revenue target for the year trough August by 1.8 billion cedis ($367 million). The move to increase income...

Sept. 12, 2018

Over 10,000 hectares of farmlands under Planting for Food & Jobs destroyed

Government’s flagship agriculture programme, Planting for Food and Jobs has suffered a major setback following the destruction of over 10,000 hectares of farmland in the Upper East Region. The s...

Sept. 11, 2018

Mass dismissals hit the economy

The Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) has said over one million Ghanaians have lost their jobs since 2017. “The CSS, from its study of the situation, found that over a million individuals w...

Aug. 31, 2018

Government destroying bungalows for Judges to build National Cathedral

Plans are underway to clear Judges from their Ridge Roundabout residence to make way for the construction of the 5000-seater National Cathedral. About ten six-bedroom bungalows that would be demoli...

Aug. 24, 2018

Finance Minister deceived Parliament on public debt

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Mr James Avedzi has accused the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta of deceiving Parliament on the country’s debt as at December 2016. The 2017 ...

Aug. 21, 2018

Nursing trainees’ quota system officially starts

The government via the Ministry of Health has introduced the quota admission system for nursing trainee schools. This new directive means public and private institutions accredited to train nurses ...

Aug. 3, 2018

Government won't fulfill 1D1F in its first term

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo has disclosed that the NPP government won't be able to fulfil their much-touted campaign promise one district one factory, 1D1F in its first term. According to th...

July 31, 2018

Ameri review worse than previous agreement

The Executive Secretary of the Africa Center for Energy Policy has given a damning verdict of government review agreement of the controversial AMERI deal. Ben Boakye, whose think tank was veheme...

July 26, 2018

SHS to run double-track system amid concerns

The government has adopted the double-track (semester/sandwich) system to increase enrollment under its flagship programme, the Free Senior High School. This was revealed by Dr Mathew Opoku Prem...

July 22, 2018

CEO of Forestry Commission and Wontumi involved in alleged illegal mining

Traditional leaders in the Amansie Central district of the Ashanti region have urged President Akufo-Addo to deal with his own people if he is really determined to stop illegal mining activities in...

July 21, 2018

VAT hiked through ‘backdoor’

Dr Theo Acheampong, a fellow of think tank IMANI Africa, has pointed out that the new Value Added Tax (VAT) structure will place more financial burden on the public, as consumers are likely to pay ...

July 20, 2018

Adwoa Safo requests $8,500 from 'broke' NHIA for US trip

The Deputy Majority Leader and Minister of State in charge of Procurement, Sara Adwoa Safo has requested $8,500 ailing from NHIA for US training trip. She requested $8,500 for tuition as well as fu...

July 19, 2018

Anas impersonator now serving as Presidential Staffer

Joseph Osei who was arrested by the personnel of the Adabraka Police for allegedly defrauding two companies of GHC 12, 200 under the guise of being a colleague of ace investigative journalist, Anas...

July 12, 2018

Ministry of Finance squanders GHC697m in 2017

The public accounts of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) for the financial year ended December 31, 2017 have revealed that the overall financial impact of weaknesses and irregularities di...

July 11, 2018

Flagstaff House guards arrested for armed robbery, rape

Two young men, stationed at the ceremonial gates of the Flagstaff House have been arrested by the Legon Police Station for armed robbery. The two were recruited by Captain Koda to man the seat of g...

June 23, 2018

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