VIDEO: My Corruption record better than Akufo-Addo – Mahama
- Boakye Agyarko – former minister
Prior to Agyarko’s ministerial confirmation in February 2017, he was accused by Mahama Ayariga of the parliamentary appointment committee of bribing members of the minority to facilitate his approval as a Minister of energy.
An ad-hoc parliamentary committee was set up to investigate the matter. After the investigation, the Joe Ghartey committee exonerated Agyarko and his ministerial appointment was approved.
- Alan Kyerematen – Trade Minister
Claims of extortion against the Trade Minister were investigated by a bipartisan committee of Parliament, for which Alan Kyerematen was also exonerated.
The Ministry was alleged to have charged between $25,000 and $100,000, to enable expatriates to sit close to the President at the awards ceremony, which was organised by the Millennium Excellence Foundation. He denied the allegations and was later cleared by the Parliament.
- Alfred Obeng – former CEO of BOST
The former CEO of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng was dismissed in June 2018.
His dismissal followed an exposé that BOST had sold 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed companies, Zup Oil and Movenpiina Oil.
He was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security.
The investigations also established no direct relationship between MD of BOST, Alfred Obeng, and Movenpiina.
Two deputy Chiefs of Staff
In 2017, the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service launched an investigation to alleged corrupt practices against the two deputy chiefs of staff by hiplife musician Kwame A Plus and the New Patriotic Party’s Member of Parliament for Assin North, Kennedy Agyapong.
The accusers alleged that the two were corrupt and were using their positions at the Office of the president to obscure a legal transaction at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital involving Stanbic Bank and Unibank.
The matter triggered a huge controversy in the country which forced the CID to begin investigations into the matter.
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice dismissed the corruption case, describing it as one that lacks merit, “unsubstantiated” and “completely unwarranted.
Source: ghpolitics.com
