Anti-Corruption

Corruption Index: Ghana stagnates four years in a row

Ghana scored 43 out of a possible 100 in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International. The country’s global ranking, however, improved...

THE GH₵ 3 BILLION LIE: Government pays hundreds of millions to company in a shady deal

In a control room in Tema in the Greater Accra Region, officials of Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) tried to convince The Fourth Estate of...

10-year questionable contract by Finance Minister gives SML over $100 million annually despite false claims

In the first of this series, The Fourth Estate’s Evans Aziamor-Mensah, Adwoa Adobea-Owusu and Manasseh Azure Awuni revealed that Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML),...

Ada East incurs GHS400k “avoidable” judgment debt, court wants assembly officials surcharged

An Accra High Court has directed the Ada East District Assembly to pay nearly GH¢400,000 cedis after dismissing its stay...

The 10 leaders of Parliament who failed to declare their assets

On May 25, 2022, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, had a word of caution for Ghana’s lawmakers. He...

All GH¢156m disbursements from sanitation levy in 2021 made to one Jospong company in questionable deal

In the second-hand clothing market at Madina in Accra, vendors are not just chasing customers. They are chasing away houseflies,...

CSO leaders march 1.7km to demand recovery of GH¢17bn in taxpayer funds

“What kind of nonsense is that?” lawyer Akoto Ampaw, cast a bemused stare at the rusty gate of the Efua...

How Center for National Culture director collected Gh¢364,000 from new staff

In 2021, 38 persons in the Upper East Region rejoiced when they received employment letters from the Centre for National...

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