… The coalition backing the OSP comprises some of Ghana’s most influential governance and policy organisations, including the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Transparency International Ghana, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, IMANI Africa, Africa Education Watch …
… it will feature several prominent speakers, including the Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee and Member of Parliament for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Executive Secretary of the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition …
… The SARIS Project is funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the CDD-Ghana, Transparency International Ghana (TI-Ghana), and the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC). …
… The coalition includes Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Transparency International Ghana, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC), Democracy Hub LBG, STAR-Ghana Foundation, NORSAAC, Penplusbytes, the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP), Odekro Parliament …
… vernance, anti-corruption, institutional integrity, and the preservation of independent public institutions established to serve the Republic.” The organisations include the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Transparency International Ghana, Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition …
The Heal Komfo Anokye Project, launched in November 2023 to raise $10 million for hospital infrastructure repairs, has raised tens of millions of cedis with about GH¢50 million spent so far. The implementers have refused to provide accountability or hand over the project to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, citing lack of authority to do so, despite an audit revealing procurement irregularities and missing donor records.
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Heal Komfo Anokye Project implementers refuse accountability or handover despite raising tens of millions of cedis, with audit revealing procurement irregularities.
The Heal Komfo Anokye Project, launched in November 2023 to raise $10 million for hospital infrastructure repairs, has raised tens of millions of cedis with about GH¢50 million spent so far. The implementers have refused to provide accountability or hand over the project to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, citing lack of authority to do so, despite an audit revealing procurement irregularities and missing donor records.
An audit of the Heal Komfo Anokye Project, launched in November 2023 to raise $10 million for repairs at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, has flagged serious irregularities including procurement issues and missing donor receipt pages. The findings come amid disputes between the hospital board and project implementers over control and accountability of funds, with about GHS 50 million spent so far and GHS 13 million still owed to contractors.
A coalition of 14 Civil Society Organisations has appealed to Ghana's Supreme Court to affirm the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor, describing it as vital to the country's anti-corruption framework. The court is set to deliver judgment on July 29, 2026, in the case *Adamtey v. Attorney-General*, which challenges the legality of the law establishing the OSP.
Fourteen civil society organisations have submitted a joint defence of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to the Supreme Court ahead of a July 29, 2026 verdict in Adamtey v. Attorney-General, a case questioning the constitutional validity of the anti-corruption institution's establishment.
The Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine and Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin will speak at the second African Governance and Anti-Corruption Summit, organised by The Bright Future Alliance, on June 16 in Accra. The summit aims to bring together government officials, legislators, civil society, diplomats, corporate leaders and young people to discuss strengthening accountability and governance systems across Africa.
The Ghana Center for Democratic Development has called on citizens to demand transparency and strengthen accountability at the district level, particularly through Social Auditing Clubs using the Local Governance Act. The call was made during a training programme in Sogakope under the SARIS Project, which is funded by the EU and operates across 24 selected districts in Ghana.
The Supreme Court has granted an application by 14 civil society organisations to join the case of Adamtey v Attorney-General, which challenges the constitutionality of the Office of the Special Prosecutor. The organisations include the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development, Transparency International Ghana, and others with interests in governance and anti-corruption issues.
CDD, IMANI and 12 other civil society organisations have filed an application to join the Supreme Court case Adamtey v Attorney-General as amici curiae, seeking to provide legal and policy perspectives on constitutional and public interest issues relating to Ghana's anti-corruption framework and institutional independence.
IMANI Africa has defended civil society organisations' participation in a Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of Ghana's Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017, saying CSO involvement is justified to support constitutional interpretation and strengthen accountability despite criticism that it may amount to advocacy rather than neutral assistance.
Fourteen civil society organisations, including CDD, IMANI Africa, and Transparency International Ghana, have filed to join a Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of Ghana's Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017. The groups say their involvement is motivated by commitment to constitutionalism, accountable governance, and anti-corruption, and is not partisan or personal.
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition has urged citizens to resist efforts to undermine the public accountability framework, warning that recent legal challenges to the Office of the Special Prosecutor risk eroding anti-corruption gains at a time when the country loses about US$3 billion annually to corruption.