Opinions

The Chairman of Parliament's Committee on Assurances, Dominic Nitiwul The Chairman of Parliament's Committee on Assurances, Dominic Nitiwul, recently took on President John Mahama and his cabinet following the government’s termination of Zoomlion’s contract with the Youth Employment Agency (YEA). “Whatever decision you people took, you may have to review it because the assemblies are clearly not ready. They need to build their capacity before they can take over. The way the Z

By Manasseh Azure Awuni You may have seen the comic video in which officials of the Jospong Group of Companies are telling President Akufo-Addo they will dredge the Korle and turn it into a recreational area. Despite hundreds of millions paid to Dredge Masters as part of the over the years, the place is still a mess What you see here is 100 million cedis paid to Zoomlion's sister company, Dredge Masters, as part of the hundreds of millions paid over the years for the project.

By Manasseh Azure Awuni Over the past year, Ghana’s attention has been on Ken Ofori-Atta, the former Finance Minister, who is facing charges of corruption and corruption-related offences by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). Mr Ofori-Atta, who served in the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration, is implicated in the shady revenue assurance deal with Strategic Mobilisation Limited ( SML) and is currently in the United States, fighting an extradition

By Callistus Mahama Callistus Mahama, PhD, Executive Secretary to President John Mahama In recent days, a matter that might ordinarily have passed quietly through the machinery of state has become the subject of public conversation. Some Ghanaians have raised concerns about the use of an aircraft belonging to the President’s brother for official presidential travel. The most frequently expressed concern is whether such an arrangement could give rise to a perception of a confl

President Mahama’s brother, Ibrahim’s jet. IP holder: Yaw Pare Written by Manasseh Azure Awuni The guidelines on conflict of interest published by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) identify three kinds of conflict of interest—actual, potential and apparent (perceived). This means a public official can be found guilty of a conflict of interest even if the conflict is not proven to have occurred. According to CHRAJ, an actual conflict of interest

Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo was removed from office in 2025 for stated misbehaviour. Transparency International Ghana (TI-Ghana) has stated that the dismissal of Ghana’s Chief Justice in 2025 and the discontinuation of corruption cases involving individuals linked to the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) have impacted the 2025 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Ghana moved up one place in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparen

Ghana has moved up one place in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released by Transparency International, returning to a score of 43 out of 100. With this score, Ghana ranks 76th among 182 countries assessed in the 2025 CPI.