The Government of Ghana (GOG) has been cited in a corruption risk assessment report by the Community Development Alliance (CDA-Ghana) and the Commonwealth Foundation, for spending over US$2.1 billion COVID-19 cash on corrupt deals.
The 67-page report dubbed ‘Strengthening COVID-19 Accountability Mechanisms (SCAM)’ and available to GhanaWeb reveals a number of questionable deals the Government of Ghana under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo took when the nation recorded its first two cases of the Novel Coronavirus.
The corruption risk assessment was carried out between March to April 2021, based on a review of background documentation, including the national legal regulatory framework for public procurement, with a focus on integrity-related issues, official records in both electronic and hard copy formats, checks (formal enquiries) with state agencies, and interviews granted by governance and anti-corruption experts.
The report consists of two parts: “An assessment of corruption risks characteristic to COVID-19 public procurement, including mapping of integrity risk areas and recommended measures for integrity/corruption risks mitigation. This assessment uses the OECD Methodology for assessment of national procurement systems (MAPS);
