Evans Aziamor-Mensah

Majority Chief Whip of Ghana’s Parliament and South Dayi MP, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, is calling for a forensic audit of Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditure. Backing this call is the MP for Mpraeso and Vice-Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Opoku Ansah Davis. The two MPs made the call together with a past chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, James Klutse Advedzi. Mr Dafeamekpor says this will provide an opportunity to properly examine every expenditure...

A special forensic audit of Ghana’s Embassy in the United States has uncovered a conflict-of-interest situation in which a company owned by the embassy’s IT officer, Fred Kwarteng, was awarded a contract of nearly $296,000 to renovate the ambassador’s residence. The Embassy made two payments to Fred Kwarteng's company, Stefrann LLC. The then Chief Treasury Officer, Janet Maku Koranteng, confirmed that Fred Kwarteng owned the company. The payments, $159,043.84 in February 2019 and...

The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) is urging Ghana’s Parliament to expedite the passage of the Conduct of Public Officers’ Bill, which has been before the House since 2008. The bill seeks to regulate conflict of interest and make the country’s assets declaration regime more transparent. First proposed in 2008, it has undergone various revisions in 2015, 2018 and 2022, but its passage has been delayed, with resistance even reported at the cabinet level. The latest attempt to revive...