Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has rejected claims by Member of Parliament for Atiwa East, Abena Osei-Asare, linking the institution’s operations to losses recorded by the Bank of Ghana, insisting that the central bank’s Domestic Gold Pur …
… Responding to concerns raised by the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, Abena Osei-Asare, over funds released to GoldBod, Mr Gyamfi insisted the allocation was lawful and formed part of the budget for last year, which was approved by Parliament. …
Member of Parliament for Atiwa East, Abena Osei-Asare, has called on the government to prioritise completing abandoned public projects, saying that doing so would deliver greater value for the country than spending on other areas. …
Abena Osei-Asare together with other dignitaries at the launch of the PFMCLT 3rd edition The Center for Local Governance Advocacy (CLGA) has called on all 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to review their 2025 Public Financial Management Compliance Leagu …
… Presenting the committee’s report on the Auditor-General’s performance audit on the availability and accessibility of fertilisers to smallholder farmers between 2019 and 2023, the Chairperson of the PAC, Mrs Abena Osei-Asare, said delays in the distribution of subsidised fertilis …
The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei-Asare, has disclosed that the Auditor-General recovered nearly GH¢12 billion in disallowed expenditure during 2024 through ongoing efforts to strengthen financial accountability in the public sector. …
… The Chairperson of the PAC, Abena Osei-Asare, firmly backed the directive, emphasising that the state would employ its full legislative weight to ensure absolute compliance with the nation’s wage regulations. …
The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, has dismissed suggestions of strained relations between himself and the Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Abena Osei-Asare, following a tense exchange during a com …
… The PAC’s chair, Abena Osei-Asare, said in early April that documentation and record-keeping remain a major challenge in public finance management. …
… The Committee, chaired by Abena Osei-Asare, who is also the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Atiwa East, issued the directive when the officials appeared before it on Monday, April 20, 2026, during ongoing public hearings in Kumasi. …
Ghana Gold Board CEO Sammy Gyamfi has rejected claims by Atiwa East MP Abena Osei-Asare linking GoldBod's operations to losses recorded by the Bank of Ghana, insisting the central bank's Domestic Gold Purchase Programme is separate from GoldBod's activities. Osei-Asare had questioned public funds committed to GoldBod during the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review discussion, stating the government spent about US$1.2 billion on the institution in a year.
Ghana Gold Board CEO Sammy Gyamfi has rejected claims by Atiwa East MP Abena Osei-Asare linking GoldBod's operations to losses recorded by the Bank of Ghana, insisting the central bank's Domestic Gold Purchase Programme is separate from GoldBod's activities. Osei-Asare had questioned public funds committed to GoldBod during the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review discussion, stating the government spent about US$1.2 billion on the institution in a year.
Sammy Gyamfi, CEO of the Ghana Gold Board, has defended the release of US$279 million to the institution, saying the funds were approved as part of the 2025 Budget by Parliament and were intended as revolving seed capital for trading operations. He rejected criticism from the Public Accounts Committee Chairperson, arguing the allocation was lawful and the Finance Ministry was obliged to release the funds.
Atiwa East MP Abena Osei-Asare has called on the government to prioritise completing abandoned public projects rather than initiating new ones, noting that the Auditor-General's 2024 report identified abandoned and uncompleted projects worth GH¢189 million as a significant issue.
The Center for Local Governance Advocacy has called on all 261 MMDAs to review their 2025 Public Financial Management Compliance League Table results and implement time-bound improvement plans. The 2025 assessment recorded a national compliance score of 56.20%, exceeding the 50% benchmark, with coverage improving to 100% across all 16 regions.
Parliament has approved renewal of the head lease of Regina House in London for another 150 years, a strategic national asset housing the Ghana International Bank and other tenants. The renewal will cost the government £17.25 million.
The Auditor-General recovered nearly GH¢12 billion in disallowed expenditure during 2024, according to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee Chair. The PAC will hold public sittings later this year to examine the Auditor-General's findings and address recurring financial irregularities across public institutions.
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has ordered Anlo-Afiadanyigba Senior High School to immediately pay GH₵10,802 in salary arrears to five casual workers who were illegally underpaid at ₵250 monthly instead of the required ₵490 during the 2024 fiscal year. The school's defence that it had adjusted wages to ₵450 in 2025 was rejected as still below the revised national minimum wage standard.
Minister for Communication Samuel George appeared before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Monday to respond to concerns about service delivery by mobile network operators, but a tense exchange ensued after he linked telecommunications sector challenges to governance failures under the previous administration; both parties have since downplayed the clash as part of normal engagements.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's oath-taking ceremonies for public officials have lost meaning given decades of corruption, mismanagement, and theft of public funds, citing unrecovered judgment debts and scandals like GYEEDA and SADA.
The Public Accounts Committee has directed the Coordinating Director and finance officers of Aowin District Assembly to refund over GH¢50,000 within 30 days after they failed to provide valid documentation for various expenditures flagged in the 2024 Auditor-General's Report, including unsupported amounts for rent, fuel, and missing payment vouchers.