News24, a major news portal in South Africa has published a report alleging that an indigenous company that did some work in Ghana paid bribes to some top politicians.

The report specifically mentioned Tamale South Member of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, who allegedly benefitted from bribes to the tune of over US$2.5 million (47 million rands).

The News24 investigative report zoned in on the activities of the Singh siblings, Rushil and Nishani, who operated the Ghana Infrastructure Company (GIC) between 2017 and 2022.

Portions of the report sighted by GhanaWeb gave a breakdown of how different sums of money were transmitted to the lawmaker through others and in some cases by way of financial support for projects.

Monies were paid in lieu of profit share from a subcontract for the construction of Buipe Hospital and for the construction of Haruna's private residence.

Payments by Singh and GIC to Haruna Iddrisu

Between 2015 and 2020, Nishani Singh used several methods to pay Idrissu directly, or to others at his request or for his benefit, at least R47 million

The majority of the money was paid directly from GIC’s account to various suppliers, or to GIC’s director in Ghana, Asumah Dokurugu.

This excludes amounts paid for several overseas trips to London and at least one trip to Indonesia and South Africa.

Payments breakdown:

R31.8m

Payments to Dokurugu as well as donations to political campaigns.

R1.6m

To Might Ghana Ltd, a company owned by Ibrahim Abdul Jalil, who is also patron of Idrissu’s non-profit, the Haruna Institute.

R898 808

Directly to Jalil.

R7.3m

For the construction of Idrissu’s house.

R4.4m

Profit share from a subcontract for the construction of Buipe Hospital.

SARA