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We can win the fight against corruption in Ghana

Pledge Against Corruption is a campaign focused on promoting good governance and accountability. Make a pledge to fight against corruption in Ghana

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Dr Mahamudu Bawumia

 NPP Flagbearer for 2028

“Corruption is an act that steals resources that could otherwise have been used to improve the well-being of the poor, the vulnerable and the excluded in our society. Let’s be reminded that you cannot leave this world with riches, assets or wealth. When you leave this world, you only leave with your deeds and your integrity. I am Mahamudu Bawumia, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party for the 2028 elections, and I stand against corruption.”

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Most Rev. Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana

Corruption is morally decadent behaviour that has ruined communities, families and, in some cases, nations, and I invite you to join me so we all stand against corruption in our country. This country is where it is because generations of people entrusted with the management of the resources of our country have engaged in corrupt behaviours. This begins at the individual level, in our personal lives, affects families, public and private service.  Read more...

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Joseph Whittal

Commissioner of CHRAJ

“Our country, Ghana, has to do something about corruption because of the pervasive nature of it. We need to sit up because funds that are meant for the vulnerable, the ordinary person— I’m talking about building hospitals, having beds in the hospitals, building schools for our children, ensuring that our roads are built to bring goods into urban areas. All these, much of the funds are syphoned by the elite who are given the opportunity to run the country. I get to see on a daily basis, based on the complaints that come to the Commission. My name is Joseph Whittal, the Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, and I take a stand against corruption.” 

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Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu

Spokesperson of the National Chief Imam

“Fellow Citizens, my name is Sheikh Armiyawo Shaibu. I am the spokesperson for the National Chief Imam. Corruption remains a persistent challenge to our country, undermining trust, slowing down progress and weakening the social fabric. On my own behalf and on behalf of the National Chief Imam, I take a stand against Corruption.”

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Professor (Dr) Ernest Yorke

President of the Ghana Medical Association

“Did you know that the monies lost through corruption in this country could have been used to provide more emergency beds, more affordable medicines and more health facilities? That is why you and I should fight corruption wherever we find it. My name is Professor Ernest York, president of the Ghana Medical Association and I take a stand against corruption.”

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The “Contracts for Sale” scandal

On August 21, 2019, freelance investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni published an investigative documentary titled “Contracts for Sale. ” The documentary revealed that a company owned by the CEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, won multiple government contracts and sold the contracts to other companies to execute. The company, Talent Discovery Limited, was established after A.B. Adjei became the PPA CEO, with him and his brother-in-law, Francis Arhin, as shareholders and directors.

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The “Contracts for Sale” scandal

On August 21, 2019, freelance investigative journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni published an investigative documentary titled “Contracts for Sale. ” The documentary revealed that a company owned by the CEO of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Adjenim Boateng Adjei, won multiple government contracts and sold the contracts to other companies to execute. The company, Talent Discovery Limited, was established after A.B. Adjei became the PPA CEO, with him and his brother-in-law, Francis Arhin, as shareholders and directors.

Kwabena Adu-Boahene and the National Signals Bureau Scandal

In March 2025, the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu-Boahene, was indicted by the Attorney-General for corruption and corruption-related offences.Mr Adu-Boahene was accused of diverting funds for the procurement of a cyber defence software meant for the NSB, a specialised security agency under the National Security Council. The software was procured from the Israeli company RLC Company Limited.  The Attorney-General claimed on March 24, 2025, that Mr Adu-Boahene and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, had transferred state funds to their personal accounts and accounts of a company called BNC Communications Bureau, which they both allegedly owned.

The SML Scandal

Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) was registered to do business on February 14, 2017. Four months after registration, the government, through the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ministry of Finance, handpicked the company for revenue assurance contracts. On three separate occasions, the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) denied the request to use the single-source procurement method to engage SML, but the GRA disregarded the PPA and proceeded to award the contracts.

Sedina Tamakloe-Attionu and the MASLOC Scandal

Sedina Christine Attionu Tamakloe served as Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), a state agency established to support small businesses with financing. After leaving office in January 2017 following the change in government, allegations of corruption, procurement illegalities and financial malfeasance rocked her stewardship at MASLOC. Investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) exposed the wrongdoings, and the Attorney-General charged her with misappropriating and mismanaging funds meant for MASLOC’s operations between 2013 and 2016. Sedina Christine Attionu Tamakloe was charged in 2019. A former Chief Operating Officer of MASLOC, Daniel Axim, was charged alongside Sedina.

The NSA Payroll Fraud

Between 2018 and 2024, the National Service Authority’s Central Management System, a digital platform introduced to manage postings, validation and payments for national service personnel, was used to insert tens of thousands of “ghost names” into the National Service payroll. These were names of non-existent individuals, ineligible persons, minors, elderly people, and fictitious graduates from non-existent institutions. Allowances paid to the ghost beneficiaries were allegedly siphoned off by officials of the NSA, including the Executive Director, Osei Assibey Antwi, and his deputy, Gifty Oware Aboagye. The scandal was first uncovered through investigative reporting by The Fourth Estate.

The NAFCO Scandal

The National Food and Buffer Stock Company Limited (NAFCO) is a state-owned enterprise mandated to procure, store, and distribute food commodities to stabilise prices and safeguard national food security. Because of this role, NAFCO routinely manages large public disbursements and is required to operate under public procurement regulations, financial controls, and accountability standards.

The Sky Train Scandal

The Accra Sky Train plan was unveiled in November 2018 as a proposed elevated rail network for Accra under a nine-month agreement between the Ministry of Railways Development and Ai SkyTrain Consortium. The arrangement required feasibility studies and Cabinet and Parliamentary approval before construction, which was expected to start in January 2020.
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