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…Global Oil Cools, Inflation Eases, But NPA Shoots ‘Pump’ Prices By Prince AhenkorahThe paradox is as striking as it is deliberate. Global oil prices are softening. Inflation has collapsed to historic lows. Yet from the first of April, Ghana’s National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has forced up the minimum price of petrol by nearly GH¢1.73 a litre and diesel by almost GH¢2.75. The question circulating through Accra’s policy circles is whether this is simply pricing mechanics – or a quiet hedge against a Gulf war whose trajectory no one can read. On paper, the macroeconomic picture offers little justification for a…

as PAC Probes GH¢20 Million ‘Ghost’ HospitalBy Leo Nelson | Africa ProPublicaA high-stakes confrontation is brewing in Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as former Health Minister Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye and ex-District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) Administrator Irene Naa Torshie Addo have been summoned to explain how GH¢20 million in public funds was disbursed for a parliamentary hospital project that, according to official records, never saw a single shovel hit the ground.The payment, authorised on December 31, 2024 the final day of the Akufo-Addo administration was flagged in the Auditor-General’s report as mobilisation funds for a contract signed by Okoe-Boye. Yet…

No wor, no documents, no accountability By Prince AhenkorahThe signature sanitation project that former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia took to the campaign trail in 2024 is now at the centre of a financial scandal. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned two public officials over GH₵8.2 million in payments linked to the “Toilet for All” initiative funds disbursed for work that never happened.Bawumia had championed the project as a flagship intervention, promising eight-unit toilet facilities and 24-unit bathhouses across the country. It was meant to burnish his image as a results-oriented administrator ahead of the 2024 election, which the New…

By Prince Ahenkorah A transport contractor has reimbursed the Ghanaian government GH¢19.1 million following an Auditor-General’s report that uncovered overpayments for grain haulage. The refund, confirmed by Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on 30 March, is being cited by officials as early evidence that a broader audit of GH¢68 billion in arrears is yielding results.The case centres on Rans Logistics, a transport services firm. According to the audit findings presented to Parliament on 10 March, the company received excess payments for transporting grains. Within a week, on 17 March, Rans Logistics repaid the identified…

By Prince AhenkorahGhana’s healthcare legacy of Nana Akufo-Addo is not quite what he promised. Speaking at the centenary of Kyebi Government Hospital over the weekend, the former president urged his successor, John Dramani Mahama, to complete the flagship Agenda 111 hospital programme a project Akufo-Addo himself launched but could not finish.Of the 111 hospitals planned, only three had been completed by the time of the transition, according to a disclosure from the Mahama administration. Even those three are not yet fully operational.“We must be honest; not every project was realised, not every facility was completed,” Akufo-Addo told the gathering in…

as $400m Supply Hangs in BalanceBy Prince AhenkorahGhana is turning to its northern neighbour for agricultural lessons as a suspension of fresh tomato exports exposes the country’s dangerous reliance on Burkinabé produce.Trade Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has openly praised Burkina Faso’s mastery in growing tomatoes and onions, saying Ghanaian farmers must now “dig deeper” into those techniques.The admission came during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé. Also present were top members of Ghana’s Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade and Tourism.The numbers are stark. Ghana imports 70 to 80 percent of its tomatoes from…

But warns little will change if PPA is not Resetted By Leo Nelson Ghana’s freshly approved Value for Money Office has won cautious applause from policy think-tank IMANI Africa but with a blunt caveat: the new body will fail unless it jolts the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) into action.The Value for Money Office Bill, 2026, is Parliament’s latest attempt to plug a leaky public spending system notorious for inflated contracts, abandoned projects and chronic budget overruns. The new office is meant to provide independent oversight, ensuring that taxpayer funds actually buy something of worth.IMANI is not convinced that the PPA…

Former EPA Boss Exchange Blows Over ‘Family-Stacked’ Voter RegisterBy Gifty BoatengChaos has erupted in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stronghold of Nhyieso, where two heavyweight stalwarts engaged in a physical brawl over a membership registration exercise that has exposed deep cracks in the party’s internal democracy.Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, former boss of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and aspiring national general secretary, allegedly traded hot blows with Abrahim Boadi, popularly known as Opooman, a self-confessed “Alan man” who remains in the party and is eyeing the First Vice Chairman position in the constituency.The bloody confrontation happened at Lovers Inn Spot…

Gives 21 Days Ultimatum for State Land Squatters to Quit or Regularise By Philip Antoh The State Housing Company Limited (SHC) has run out of patience. After a nationwide land audit revealed what it calls “significant levels” of unauthorised occupation across its estates, the company backed by the Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources has issued a final warning to encroachers: stop all development immediately, or face demolition.The notice, published this week, gives offenders just 21 days to report to any SHC office for “verification and regularisation.” After that, the company promises decisive action: legal proceedings, demolition of unauthorised…

‘No Allocation Without My Nod’ By Philip Antoh The era of backroom land deals may be facing its toughest reckoning yet. Lands Minister Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah announced yesterday that henceforth no public land allocation will be valid without his written approval – a direct response to a presidential audit that uncovered widespread procedural breaches across thousands of transactions.Speaking in the Ministry’s conference room, Buah revealed that a review of 8,160 public land lease applications processed between 2017 and 2024 had exposed “significant” failures in transparency and accountability. The result: all incomplete transactions have been cancelled. Completed ones will be examined…