The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

#corruption #incompetence #nepotism
Mobile-clinic vans procured by NDC gov’t rotting away

Joy News investigations have revealed that eight Mobile-clinic vans imported by the John Mahama administration are currently rotting away Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. The specialised vans were de...

Feb. 14, 2018

Exton Cubic floors government in court

A High Court in Accra presided over by Justice Tawiah Ackaah-Boafo has ruled in favour of Exton Cubic Limited in a suit it filed challenging the revocation of their mining lease by the Lands and Na...

Feb. 8, 2018

I wasn't appointed to be a 'borla man' - Sanitation Minister

Sanitation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has told his critics that he was not appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to go about sweeping the streets and collecting public waste. In his view, those ...

Feb. 7, 2018

Fisheries Minister kicks out Director from office

Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye has attacked the Ministry's Director of Finance and Administration, Cecilia Ezuah in a bid to forcibly remove from her position. ...

Jan. 29, 2018

Gov’t deal with Exxon Mobil unlawful

Co-Chair of the Extractive Industries and Transparency Initiative, Dr. Steve Manteaw, has accused the government circumventing the law by signing an oil exploration deal with Exxon Mobil. Dr. Ma...

Jan. 20, 2018

Presidential staffer mocks jobless youth

Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana, a Presidetial Staffer has mocked unemployed youth who go to her seeking for a job. In a Facebook post, she wrote "Those of you who usually meet me at events and immedi...

Dec. 29, 2017

Senior Minister office illegal, budgetary allocation rejected

An Executive Instrument (EI28) containing a list of ministries signed by President Nana Akufo-Addo and gazetted on 28th February, 2017 did not include the office of the Senior Minister as a ministr...

Dec. 18, 2017

Expats Charged $100k To Sit With Akufo-Addo

Expatriates who work in Ghana were recently charged $100, 000 to sit on the same table with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Member of Parliament for Asawase, Muntaka Mubarak has revealed...

Dec. 15, 2017

Congestion at SHSs exposes students to meningitis – Ghana Health Service

The Head of Disease and Surveillance Unit at the Ghana Health Service has identified congestion at senior high schools (SHSs) as one risk factor for the spread of meningitis. Dr Franklin Asiedu-...

Dec. 13, 2017

Stop Whining About Bad Roads; Just Pay Your Tolls - Anthony Karbo

Deputy Roads Minister, Anthony Karbo has urged Ghanaians to stop being grouchy about the terrible state of roads in the country and support government by paying their toll fees for the repair of th...

Dec. 11, 2017

Akufo-Addo was wrong to have endorsed Jospong

Former Chair of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short has said the President Nana AKufo-Addo made an error in endorsing the JOSPONG Group of...

Dec. 4, 2017

Ghana likely to legalize homosexuality – Akufo-Addo

In an interview with Al Jazeera, President Nana Akufo-Addo has argued that should there be a strong coalition for homosexuality, Ghana could be bound to make same-sex marriage legal. “I think i...

Nov. 26, 2017

2018 budget riddled with too many data errors

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said its analysis of the 2018 budget which was presented to parliament by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on 15 November, was error-riddled as far as ...

Nov. 24, 2017

¢1.9bn allocation to presidency is profligate

The Minority in Parliament is mulling over what it says is the unprecedented ¢1.9 billion budgetary allocation to the presidency in the 2018 budget. The Minority spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel...

Nov. 21, 2017

Ghanaians to contribute to Free SHS funding

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta during the budget reading today said government intends to solicit funds from members of the public who wish to contribute to the growth of the Free Senior High Sch...

Nov. 15, 2017

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