The Ghana Scandals Index

Indexing government scandals one at a time

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September 21 Founder’s Day scrapped

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says August 4 would henceforth be celebrated in Ghana as Founders Day. Parliament would therefore be proposed to make the day a statutory public holiday....

Sept. 17, 2017

Public sector workers under Mahama should be sacked – Amewu

The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Peter Amewu has stated that all public sector workers who were employed by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration should be sa...

Aug. 16, 2017

Osarfo Marfo appoints his sons to top gov’t positions

Senior Minister to the Akufo-Addo government, Nana Yaw Osafo-Marfo has appointed his two sons to top government positions few months after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Nana Akufo-Addo, took ov...

Aug. 16, 2017

Only NPP supporters will be sent to Russia 2018 world cup

The NPP National You Organizer, addressing delegates at the ruling party's Greater Accra Regional Delegates Conference stated that only party supporters would receive the government's support to go...

July 31, 2017

Akufo-Addo sacks 13,000 public sector workers

In what is been described as reenactment of the dismissal of some 568 selected public servants by their forebear government of Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia, President Akufo-Addo has in the last...

May 23, 2017

Medical Director of Ridge Regional Hospital sacked without due process

The medical director of Ridge Regional Hospital Dr Thomas Anaba has been relieved of his post. Dr. Anaba’s appointment was supposed to last till 2020 and had the option to re-apply but has been ...

May 16, 2017

BOST CEO removes tanker drivers for friends

A plus, a sympathizer of the Akufo-Addo government has been issued license by BOST for the distribution of refined petroleum products from its depots to certain parts of the country. He told the...

May 15, 2017

Controller and Accountant General sacked

The Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party government has extended its ongoing dismissal of Heads of State Institutions appointed by ex-President John Mahama to the Controller and Accountant General’s ...

May 9, 2017

NPP sacks 200 NHIA workers in two months

The Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party government has caused the newly appointed CEO of National Health Insurance Authority, Dr Samuel Annor, to terminate the employment of over 200 staffs suspecte...

May 2, 2017

EOCO's probe of Ibrahim Mahama witch-hunt

Members of the NDC and some Ghanaians have described as political witch-hunt, EOCO's probe of Ibrahim Mahama. This comes on the back of GRA's description of the probe as unnecessary. Speaking on...

April 24, 2017

Govt will reward NPP execs with “big contracts”

The Northern regional minister Salifu Saeed has disclosed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will offer “big contracts” to only “few” party executives to strengthen their financial base....

April 14, 2017

TESCON members to get better NSS postings

The deputy executive director of National Service Scheme Nana Boakye has assured TESCON members nationwide that they shall be his utmost priority during the 2017/2018 national service postings and ...

April 14, 2017

205 National Service staff recruits sacked

All 205 National Service staff recruited in December, 2016 have had their recruitment withdrawn with immediate effect. There have been concerns that this action could be illegal since it was the...

Feb. 8, 2017

Police Dismisses 3,000 ‘NDC Recruits’

The Police Service has reportedly dismissed some 3,000 new recruits for failure to meet the basic qualification standards of the service. The recruitment was made under the former NDC government, a...

Feb. 5, 2017

Akufo-Addo to spend two hours at NPP headquarters every Monday

President Nana Akufo Addo is to spend two hours of his busy schedule every Monday at the National Headquarters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) meeting with party executives and supporters who have...

Jan. 25, 2017

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