The decision by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng not to prosecute former deputy Finance Minister Charles Adu Boahen has been widely criticised by lawyers and civil society as denting the credibility of the Office of the Special Prosecutor after its report on the affair was published last month...
Charles Adu Boahen who served as Minister of State at the Finance Ministry from 2017 until his dismissal is the son of Albert Adu Boahen a renowned historian and pro-democracy campaigner who was the NPP's presidential candidate in the 1992 elections...
Some of the heat on Ofori-Atta dissipated when deputy finance Charles Adu Boahen was sacked on 14 November after investigative reporter Anas Aremeyaw Anas published footage apparently showing the minister requesting a $200 000 appointment fee on behalf of Vice-President Bawumia (Dispatches 14/11/22 Treasury team in disarray as finance minister faces probe and his deputy is sacked)...
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The chaos at the Treasury worsened after minister of state for finance Charles Adu Boahen was sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on 14 November for telling undercover journalists that investors would have to pay a 20% bribe if they wanted an investment of US$500 million approved in Ghana...
Last month 80 of the NPP's 137 MPs had threatened to boycott government business in parliament including the 2023 budget unless Ofori-Atta and his deputy Minister of State Charles Adu Boahen were dismissed by President Akufo-Addo...
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The sacking of Minister of State for Finance Charles Adu Boahen on 14 November briefly moved the spotlight from the substantive Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta who has been answering questions in parliament about claims of corruption and mismanagement in the Treasury...
On 25 October 80 of the NPP's 137 MPs publicly threatened to boycott all government business in parliament including the upcoming debate over the 2023 budget unless Akufo-Addo sacks Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry Charles Adu Boahen (AC Vol 63 No 12 Government to ram through gold scheme)...
Deputy Finance Minister Charles Adu Boahen said Osafo-Maafo was selected following a 'competitive process' but there is no evidence of any public advertisement for the job...
Moody's downgrade follows deputy Finance Minister Charles Adu Boahen's promise in January to cut up to 20% of planned spending this year across the board 'regardless of revenue performance'...
