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😂LETTER ATTRIBUTED TO HON. JERRY AHMED SHAIB IS A PROPAGANDA ON THE MALLAM JUNCTION ROAD PROJECT! 🇬🇭🏗️ The letter attributed to Hon. Jerry Ahmed Shaib has been described as propaganda amid discussions surrounding the Mallam Junction road construction. Meanwhile, improved roads remain essential to residents, commuters, and businesses across the Weija-Gbawe Constituency. The people deserve accurate information, transparent communication, and verifiable updates on construction progress, project funding, and completion timelines. LET THE FACTS SPEAK, LET THE WORKS BE SEEN, AND LET DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT THE PEOPLE! #EyeOnWeijaGbawe #WeijaGbaweConstituency #MallamJunction #RoadConstruction #Gbawe #GhanaDevelopment

IF THIS ADMINISTRATION START INVESTIGATION FOLLOW UP CALLING PERSONS IN THE ALLEGED ISSUES BELOW 22028 WON'T BE ENOUGH TO PROSECUTE THE EVIL DID FOR 8 YEARS! Major publicly reported scandals, financial irregularities, controversies, and project issues under the NPP (Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration, 2017–early 2025) include the following, drawn from Auditor-General reports, media investigations, opposition exposés (especially Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa), civil society, Special Prosecutor actions, and parliamentary scrutiny. These are a mix of audit findings of irregularities/misapplication, terminated or suspended deals with alleged fraud or value-for-money problems, unexplained wealth questions, procurement issues, and incomplete projects. Few top-level convictions occurred during the period; many remain allegations or are under later probes. Corruption challenges in Ghana predate and continue after this administration; economic pressures (COVID, global shocks, debt accumulation) form important context. NPP has often denied wrongdoing or pointed to procedural defenses, technical explanations, or opposition politicization. COVID-19 Funds (Unaccountability and Irregularities) The Auditor-General’s special audit (March 2020–June 2022) found Ghana mobilized roughly **GH¢21.84 billion** (from Contingency Fund, World Bank, IMF, AfDB, EU, BoG COVID bonds, etc.). About **GH¢11.75 billion** went to direct COVID activities; the rest supported the budget. Key findings of irregularities included: - Unaccounted or missing amounts (e.g., GH¢254,000 from a private-sector COVID fund transfer). - Unapproved COVID risk allowances paid to Ministry of Information staff (contrary to presidential directives limiting extras to frontline health workers). - Ministry of Health paid ~US$120 million for vaccines but received only doses worth ~US$38 million (difference left with UNICEF/AVAT). - Undelivered ambulances after partial payment. - Over-invoicing at National Food Buffer Stock Company. - Unaccounted disbursements to Regional Houses of Chiefs / paramount chiefs for public education (hundreds of thousands of cedis with no supporting evidence of use; recovery recommended). - Contract variations without proper approval, withholding-tax failures, and other procurement issues. - Later investigations (e.g., Manasseh Azure) highlighted understated fumigation costs (AG reported ~GH¢96 million; actual spending across ministries far higher, with the bulk to Zoomlion, a company with prior corruption probes). Opposition and others labeled large portions as misappropriated or diverted. The AG report focused on compliance and recommended recoveries/renegotiation rather than declaring a total “windfall” theft. Energy Sector and ECG/PDS Scandals - PDS Concession (2019): A 20-year private concession for ECG under the Millennium Challenge Compact was terminated after fraudulent/forged payment guarantees (linked to Al Koot in Qatar confirmed by Qatari courts). Ghana lost ~US$190 million in compact funding. Later London arbitration dismissed PDS’s ~US$390 million claims and upheld termination. Allegations of family/crony shareholding and interference (including claims involving Bawumia on guarantee structure) circulated. Subsequent probes into related fund flows (e.g., claims around GH¢850 million) continued into later years. - Broader ECG issues under NPP-appointed management: Procurement irregularities, uncleared containers at ports (later probes found large numbers unaccounted for or related to demurrage/waste), revenue under-declaration or collection problems, budget overruns, and a “shadow economy” of illegal connections/cash payments to staff. Public Accounts Committee referrals and internal probes occurred. Power-sector debt grew (IPPs unpaid, reliance issues), with frequent outages despite earlier capacity gains. ESLA proceeds and related funds faced accountability questions. Other Major Financial/Contract Controversies - Agyapa Royalties Deal**: Attempt to monetize future gold royalties via an SPV in Jersey for an IPO. Suspended after strong criticism over transparency, valuation, conflicts of interest, and offshore structure. Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu’s corruption-risk assessment was highly critical (he later resigned and called the President “mother serpent of corruption). ~US$12–14 million was spent on the failed deal (advisors, setup). OSP and civil society highlighted risks of benefit to connected parties. - BOST Contaminated Fuel (2017): Sale of millions of litres of contaminated fuel to unlicensed companies, with alleged revenue loss; committee investigation followed. - Kelni GVG Contract: Controversial multi-million telecom revenue monitoring deal criticized for value-for-money and procurement. - Cash-for-Seat: Allegations of high fees for proximity to the President at an event. - Cecilia Dapaah Cash Scandal (2023)**: Sanitation Minister reported theft of ~US$1 million, €300,000, and large cedi sums plus valuables from her home. OSP investigated (with FBI involvement) found no direct evidence of corruption in seized funds/accounts but noted money-laundering/structuring indicators and referred the matter. She resigned. Large cash holdings raised public questions about source of wealth. - Others: Controversial SML revenue-assurance contracts; attempts to sell SSNIT hotel shares to a company linked to Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong; alleged dubious ambulance spare-parts contracts (~US$35 million); high All-African Games expenditures; banking-sector cleanup (bank closures, job losses, and claims of selective treatment) various single-source or family-linked contracts (e.g., cocoa roads involving relatives of officials). Governance, Nepotism, and Resource Issues - Allegations of state land sales or favorable deals to NPP insiders and family-linked entities (including claims involving Second Lady Samira Bawumia and President’s daughter in duty-free operations). - Galamsey (illegal mining): Persistent problem with claims that officials or party figures benefited or sabotaged enforcement (including statements by former Environment Minister Frimpong-Boateng). - Agyapadie document: Circulated allegations of a state-capture strategy involving key NPP figures. - Broader AG reports over the years flagged large financial irregularities (cash, contracts, payroll, tax) across MDAs. Failed, Stalled, or Abandoned Projects - Many infrastructure projects stalled or incomplete due to debt defaults, late payments, and the broader fiscal crisis that led to domestic debt restructuring and an IMF program (inflation and cedi depreciation were severe). President Mahama later cited ~55 projects worth ~US$2.95 billion stalled, with large cost overruns. - Specific examples: Agenda 111 hospitals (many incomplete); Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam (repeated delays and broken timelines after being touted as a major northern investment); various market, interchange, and housing projects. - AG reports noted completed but unused facilities (schools, health centres, markets, police posts) worth tens of millions of cedis because of missing furnishings, staffing, or access, plus abandoned or poorly supervised works. In summary, the period featured repeated high-profile controversies around procurement, resource deals, pandemic spending, energy-sector management, and delivery of projects, documented primarily through audits, media, and opposition pressure rather than widespread high-level prosecutions at the time. Post-2024 probes (e.g., National Service ghost names, certain NPA matters) have continued under the subsequent administration. For primary sources, consult the Auditor-General’s COVID-19 report and annual public accounts, OSP risk assessments (Agyapa), and contemporaneous Ghanaian media investigations.

NPP, JOYNEWS, IMF they're same people be careful of these groups, their colors seem to be the same too😂😂😂

🇬🇭ATTENTION ALL GOLD PLAYERS! From Monday 26 Oct, GoldBod gold prices will be announced at: 10:30 a.m. (morning) 3:00 p.m. (afternoon) Until March 2027. Just another sign that GoldBod is running a tight, professional ship aligned with global markets. Ghana’s gold is in good hands. Yellow gold forever! 💛

From the coast to the Sahel… Through the waters that belong to all of us. This $200 million IFC support is a vote of confidence in Ghana. In our vision. In our potential. Let the joy rise from Tema to Buipe, from Accra to Tamale, from the South to the North. Ghana is building. Ghana is rising. Ghana is connecting Africa. Who feels the hope in their chest right now? Drop a ❤️ if your heart is full. #VoltaLakeMagic #GhanaToTheWorld #OneGhana

🌍WHAT THIS MEANS FOR ORDINARY GHANAIANS: • Lower prices for cement, fertilizer, fuel, rice and goods moving north • Northern farmers can send their shea, grains, cashew and livestock south more cheaply and faster • Less damage to our roads (heavy trucks off the Accra–Kumasi–Tamale corridor) • New jobs at inland ports, warehouses, barge operations and logistics parks • Ghana becoming the preferred gateway for Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger under AfCFTA Northern Ghana is not being left behind. We are connecting the entire nation with one beautiful blue highway. This one is for every Ghanaian who has ever prayed for balanced development

🇬🇭⤴️🌍Imagine this: Containers land at Tema. They ride the train to Mpakadan. Jump onto barges and sail the beautiful Volta Lake all the way to Buipe. Then road to Tamale, Bolga, Paga and deep into the Sahel. No more endless suffering on congested roads. Cheaper. Faster. Smoother. Volta Lake is no longer just our pride it is becoming our economic superpower. God bless the day this vision becomes reality.

🇬🇭🌍GHANA IS ABOUT TO TURN VOLTA LAKE INTO A HIGHWAY OF PROSPERITY! Ghana is about to turn Volta Lake into a highway of prosperity! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed $200 million to build a powerful multimodal trade corridor: Tema Port → Standard Gauge Rail → Mpakadan → Lake Barges → Buipe Port → Northern Ghana → Burkina Faso & the Sahel. This is not just infrastructure. This is Ghana opening its arms wider to the continent. Who is excited for what this means for our farmers, traders, and northern brothers & sisters? #GhanaRising #VoltaLakeCorridor #AfCFTA