Amidst governing the country in an unusual year due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government sparked controversies with various issues concerning governance.
Pulse.com.gh as the year comes to an end, looks at scandals that happened in 2020 under the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Agyapa Royalties deal
The controversy over the Agyapa Royalties deal started on August 14, 2020, when the Majority Members of Parliament secured the numbers to pass the agreement.
Although, the Minority staged a walked out over the deal but it was finally passed.
The government in July 2020 introduced an amendment to the Act to ensure that the SPVs that the Fund would establish to manage investments get unrestricted independence.
Accra Mayor and National Fire Service contradict NADMO and NPP on causes of market fires
Government officials appear busy to hang the various fires in the market on the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
An arrest has been made in the Volta Region, in connection with the Kantamanto market fire outbreak in Accra about a week ago, and pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) newspapers, including Daily Guide, have in a coordinated manner reported that the alleged arsonist, is a supporter of the opposition NDC.
NPP activists and Deputy National Youth Authority boss, Akosua Manu, on Metro TV, on Monday, December 21, 2020, painstakingly pushed the arson on the NDC and directly accused the party s National Chairman, Samuel Ofusu-Ampofo, as the one behind the fires, insisting that the alleged audio recording which has him in a criminal trial, has elements of market burnings, murders and kidnapping among other criminal activities.
BSP projects: Pokuase 87% done, Kasoa’s on course
Two power projects under the aegis of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) and the Ghana Power Compact, are progressing steadily, thanks to efforts by the stakeholders to ensure the projects are completed on schedule. Contractors working on the $50million Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) project say that project is now 87 per cent done. The new sub-station which when completed will house control buildings of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company ( GRIDCO) is set to commence power supply to Pokuase and its environs by May 2021. Some 350,000 existing customers of the ECG will benefit from the Pokuase Bulk BSP project upon completion.