The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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Uproar after president Akufo-Addo unveils his own statue

Ghana's outgoing President Nana Akufo-Addo is facing a backlash on social media after he unveiled a statue of himself during a tour of the country’s Western Region. The monument is intended to hono...

Nov. 6, 2024

Akufo-Addo sells state lands to NPP appointees

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has named 10 persons who have allegedly purchased state lands from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. In a post on Fac...

Aug. 21, 2024

Ursula blasted for naming facility after mum

Minister of Communication and Digitalisation Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has come under criticism for naming a library and tech hub after her mother. The Christiana Akua Brago Diawuo Library and Tech Hu...

April 3, 2023

MD of Ghana Airports Company sacked

The appointment of the Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa, has been terminated. “His Excellency the President, per letter No. 0P S127/22/104, dated 31st Ja...

Feb. 9, 2022

Chairman Wontumi awarded $45 million contract by Cocobod

Leaked documents reveal that the Ghana Cocoa Board has awarded a road contract in excess of Forty Five Million Dollars ($45 million) to a company identified as Hallmark Civil Engineering for the co...

Nov. 28, 2020

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

Appointment of new GHS boss withdrawn after just 2 weeks in office

President Akufo-Addo has withdrawn the appointment of Dr Baffour Awuah as Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS). A source close to Dr Awuah said his appointment was withdrawn via an...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

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

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

University of Energy and Natural Resources to be named after Dr Busia

The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani in the Bono Region is to be named after the late Prime Minister of the Second Republic, Professor Kofi Abrefa Busia, President Nana Ad...

Aug. 10, 2019

12 top gov't projects awarded to one firm

The association of designers and architects have expressed displeasure at the NPP government for awarding all of Ghana's top projects to one individual According to a statement addressed to Pre...

July 16, 2019

Prez supports in-law to build plush hotel

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod to mark the commencement of the work on the Pullman Accra Airport City Hotel. At the ceremony, President Akufo-Addo said the project is “in line wi...

Dec. 18, 2018

Ghana ranked among countries with worst government integrity

Ghana has been ranked among countries with the lowest government integrity. According to the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom released by the Heritage Foundation, loose fiscal policy and political fa...

Sept. 21, 2018

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