We inherited massive debt, but we are fixing it – Ahmed Ibrahim

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Concerned Ghanaian 8 months ago

Let’s be clear here Mr Minister, you inherited massive debt as a result of stealing on an industrial scale by the previous administration and their cronies

Let’s be clear here Mr Minister, you inherited massive debt as a result of stealing on an industrial scale by the previous administration and their cronies
I piss on sick dog prophet mohammed 8 months ago

Qur'an is toilet paper. Burn all. mosques in Africa

Qur'an is toilet paper. Burn all. mosques in Africa
The take or pay debts of 500 million dollars a year was started by NDC 8 months ago

What you have inherited include NDC debts. That is why you were voted for. Bring kenkey to 1 cedi and the dollar to 4 cedis, cement to 27 cwdis and stop disturbing our ears. Which government in the history of this country has ...
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What you have inherited include NDC debts. That is why you were voted for. Bring kenkey to 1 cedi and the dollar to 4 cedis, cement to 27 cwdis and stop disturbing our ears. Which government in the history of this country has not inherited debts. Kuffuor even had to go HIPC
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Medusa 8 months ago

You are not the first to "inherit" debt. The NDC left the country with debt in 2013...

You are not the first to "inherit" debt. The NDC left the country with debt in 2013...
Joe 8 months ago

The debt includes NDC's. What are you saying?

The debt includes NDC's. What are you saying?
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....... 8 months ago

Since when did the NPPknow,they were going to lose the elections, for them to internationally mess up the economy, you can't fix problems with Propaganda and lies.

Since when did the NPPknow,they were going to lose the elections, for them to internationally mess up the economy, you can't fix problems with Propaganda and lies.
Francis Mccarthyo 8 months ago

START PROSECUTING THE CRIMINALS ( NPP)

START PROSECUTING THE CRIMINALS ( NPP)
Nana Akua Adobea 8 months ago

And you already have money in the coffers for so many populist projects!

And you already have money in the coffers for so many populist projects!
Niionii 8 months ago

Arrest the culprits. Set up new courts and get going. Pls stop complaining and deal with the thieves. We want to see arrests and charging the bad guys.

Arrest the culprits. Set up new courts and get going. Pls stop complaining and deal with the thieves. We want to see arrests and charging the bad guys.
Yoo 8 months ago

Nonsense! Didn't Akuffo Addo inherit a hopelessly hopeless economy from Your Party and Mahama Dramani in January 2017? Did Akuffo Addo and his NPP foolishly lament like you are doing now? Mmoa

Nonsense! Didn't Akuffo Addo inherit a hopelessly hopeless economy from Your Party and Mahama Dramani in January 2017? Did Akuffo Addo and his NPP foolishly lament like you are doing now? Mmoa
Cc 8 months ago

Then stop making unnecessary noise.

Then stop making unnecessary noise.
Akuraseni 8 months ago

Fixing massive debt just in four months, thanks to Akuffo Addo government

Fixing massive debt just in four months, thanks to Akuffo Addo government
Wwwe 8 months ago

Ofuibiba tell us what U left to npp first hmmm this fool talk like this the first time his party is in power

Ofuibiba tell us what U left to npp first hmmm this fool talk like this the first time his party is in power
Kojo Poku-London-UK 8 months ago

Yes-Yes- this stealing over Ghana Electricity Containers at the Tema Harbour by our UNPATRIOTIC NPP THIEVES are a stain on our conscience. How can we SELL OUR COUNTRY TO Chinese and Indians to DUPE and become rich at the expe ...
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Yes-Yes- this stealing over Ghana Electricity Containers at the Tema Harbour by our UNPATRIOTIC NPP THIEVES are a stain on our conscience. How can we SELL OUR COUNTRY TO Chinese and Indians to DUPE and become rich at the expense of our people. We are WICKED, SELFISH AND UNPATRIOTIC. Deliberate ACTS by the NPP to say NDC President Mahama is MR DUMSOR-so let us cripple the ENERGY SECTOR WITH HUGE DEBTS for him to settle even before he become PRESIDENT. These are UNPATRIOTIC ACTS. The same UNPATRIOTIC AKYEM ABUAKWA J B danquah collected CIA Bribes and UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS to betray MOTHER GHANA. Threw BOMBS AT DR Kwame Nkrumah. VERY SAD- UNPATRIOTIC CRIMINALS.
HUNG HIM HIGH-HUNG OFORI ATTA HIGH LIKE SADAM HUSSEIN OF IRAQ.
Arrest ALL THE NPP THIEVES OF THE GHANA ELECTRICITY CONTAINERS-AT THE TEMA HARBOUR. These people are NATION WRECKERS-The NPP Leadership hate Ghana. The Masses are suffering but the few are enjoying massively at the expense of the masses-VERY SAD AND UNFORTUNATE-SEE BELOW THE NPP ARMED ROBBERS-JUST A FEW-NOW WHAT ABOUT GABBY OCTHERE DARKO AND EDWARD AKUFFO ADDO?
ALL DIE BE DIE AKUFFO ADDO MUST INDEED FACE ONE OF THE RAWLINGS FIRING SQUADS FOR BETRAYING US ASHANTIS. Look at this idiot, black monkey. Ashantis voted skirt and blouse for you TANI Akyem Abuakwa tiny population of Eastern region, made up of Krobos, Akuapims and Akyems-the two former always vote for the NDC. But you bloody ungrateful nation wreckers-TRAITORS did nothing for the Ashanti Region.
This IDIOT-needs to face one of the Rawlings FIRING SQUAD.
Bloody IDIOT- For 8 YEARS Ashantis VOTEd SKIRT AND BLOUSE WITHOUT THINKING for the TINY Akyem Abuakwa TANI Akuffo Addo- but he rewarded the Ashanti Region with no project completed for the people who voted massively for him. Change the NPP delegates voting system for the NPP Leader to reflect the AVERAGE total number of VOTES RECEIVED FOR EACH REGION as a percentage of the TOTAL NPP VOTES RECEIVEd. Because how can you allocate the same delegates voting power for the Ashanti Region compared to the Eastern Region, Volta Region, Northern Ghana Regions?
SEE BELOW-THE LOOTING OF NPP APPOINTEES-THEY STOLE Poor Ghana pensioners money.
Former Akufo-Addo appointees whose wealth have courted national conversations
Akufo-Addo with the three appointees from left Eugene Arhin, Sir John, and Kwabena Adu-Boahene
The reign of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo may have long been over since January 7, 2025, but the very people who helped him during his 8 years in office may not all been enjoying their ‘retirements’ so well, or so quietly.

And this is for reasons aligned to promises and what appears to be a robust aim by the John Dramani Mahama government, which took over from the past one, to prosecute any forms of corruption that arose during the former administration.

These formed part of campaign promises by John Mahama and his National Democratic Congress (NDC), coming into the 2024 Election, and so far, they have been determined on achieving that.

Caught up in that, have been a number of appointees of Akufo-Addo who have ended up several investigations, or, in simple terms, whose names have been linked to controversial wealth that people believe may be, somehow, corruption related.

In this GhanaWeb article, let us take a look at some of the appointees under Akufo-Addo whose wealth came into question, generating national conversations.

In each of these cases, something happened that brought their cases into the public light, prompting national discussions and great interest.

Eugene Arhin

Eugene Arhin was the Director of Communications at the Presidency under Nana Akufo-Addo for the 8 years he was in office.

In 2021, a divorce case with his wife made it into the public, where his wife was demanding for certain reliefs in the separation process.

As part of the things she listed, she made mention of some of the properties owned by Eugene Arhin and these revelations, in the eyes of the public, generated a lot of conversations.

For many, did the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, amass all that in a space of four years, or during his time in public office?

Gloria Assan Arhin, his wife at the time, prayed the Accra High Court to grant her divorce request and also give her a number of properties, including a five-bedroom residential property (which was intended to be the matrimonial home of the parties) situated on a two-plot of land lying at East Legon in Accra; a four-storey building comprising 16 separate flats/apartments situated on a parcel of land at Bubiashie in Accra which land was acquired from a family friend of the petitioner.

She also asked for a storey building being constructed which comprised of 16 separate flats/apartments situated at Tuba-Weija in Accra.

These were but just three of the over twenty properties she sought after as part of the divorce.

Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie (Sir John)

Sir John, a former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), became the Chief Executive Officer of the Forestry Commission of Ghana until his death.

After his death, his will became public, generating another widespread conversation among Ghanaians. It involved a tall list of 75 properties, including houses, parcels of land, bank accounts, investments, businesses, guns and clothes.

His will also raised public concerns following the discovery that he owned lands at the Achimota Forest. This was also because President Akufo-Addo had, at the time, signed an Executive Instrument that said part of the Achimota Forest was no longer a forest reserve.

Critics said the move was a ploy to get the land into the hands of the ruling elite, an accusation the government vehemently denied.

Sir John’s ownership of parcels of lands at the Achimota Forest appeared to have heightened the deep-seated mistrust of the government and its actions.

Below are the properties as listed in the will of the late Sir John:

House on plot number GA54480 located in Ogbojo, East Legon, and acquired on February 12, 2018

House on plot number GA 55329 located at Oyarifa No. 2, acquired on May 11, 2018

House plot number GA 55475 located at Oyarifa No.1, acquired on September 27, 2017

House on plot number GA 5881 located at Adjiringanor, Accra, (white House), acquired on August 7, 2019.

A 6-bedroom house located at Patangbe, Ogbojo, near East Legon.

A 4-bedroom house located in Mempeheusem, East Legon

A 3-bedroom house on plot number TDA 4140 located in Mempehuesem, East Legon

Another 3-bedroom house on plot number TDA 4140 located in Mempehuesem, East Legon

A 4-bedroom house on plot number GA56838 located in East Legon and acquired on October 25, 2018

A 5-bedroom house located in Sakora Wonoo

A 4-storey building located in East Legon, with 10 apartments, each apartment consisting of 3-bedrooms; and five apartments, each consisting of two bedrooms.

LANDS

Two plots of land located in Ahenema Kokoben in the Ashanti Region

Two plots of land with registration number GA56921 located in Oyarifa, which were acquired on November 6, 2018.

A 5.541-acre land located in Achimota Forest held in the name of Jakaypros Limited

A 0.987-acre land located in Achimota Forest held in the name of Fasoh Limited

Unspecified piece of land located in the Achimota Forest jointly owned with Charles Owusu

An unspecified piece of land held in the name of DML located in the Achimota forest

A 5.07-acre land at the Ramsar site, Sakumono

Five plots of land located at Millenium city, Kasoa

One plot of land with certificate number GA60802, located at Mempeheusem, East Legon, acquired on December 13, 2019.

Two plots of land approximately of 0.40acres located at No.7 ARS Lane, Ogbojo, near East legon

One plot of land near the Chain Homes Estate at East Airport Hills.

A piece of land numbered plot 139 located within the Adentaman District (aka Aviation land).

PRIVATE VEHICLES

Lexus LX570 25. Ford Fusion

Lexus V6

Nissan Titan Pick Up V8

Mercedes Benz E68 Sport AMG

Honda Pilot V6

Honda Accord Sport

Toyota Landcruiser V8

Ford 150

Honda Accord 2.0 Touring

Toyota Rav 4, 2019 model

Chevrolet Cruze

Lexus Saloon Car, 2019 model

GUNS

Five pump-action guns

Clothing

BANK ACCOUNTS

National Investment Bank, account no. 1802092960501

CBG, account no. 0302239130003

GT Bank- in the name of Ruth Korkor Odonkor

GT Bank-in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Fidelity Bank, account no. 1060032907210

ADB, in the name of Jakaypros Limited

United States Bank, Wells Fargo, in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie

Canadian Bank Account, Royal Bank, in the name of Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie INVESTMENTS

ADB: Two million cedis (2,000,000.00), expected to mature in April 2020.

Two hundred and fifty thousand Ghana cedis (GHc 250,000) with NTHC which stood at GHc 303,720.22 as at July 31, 2019.

Joint gold production investment with Francis Owusu Joint ownership in gold production investment with:

ROTL,

FASOH

MBL HOSPITAL

Afriyie Memorial Hospital, located at Sakora Wonoo OTHER BUSINESSES

A fuel Station located at Kentinkrono in the Ashanti region

Fuel tanker vehicles (10 in number)

One teak plantation located at Nkawie in the Ashanti Region

Rubber plantation located in the Eastern Region

Stalls located at the new Kejetia market, Kumasi (3 in number)

Farms at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.

Kwabena Adu-Boahene

The last person in this list of Akufo-Addo appointees whose wealth have courted public conversations is the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau, Kwabena Adu-Boahene.

He and his wife, Angela Adjei-Boateng, were recently detained by the Attorney General’s office following his arrest at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).

Following his detention, Attorney General Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine revealed at a press conference on Monday, March 24, 2025, a list of properties acquired by both suspects since 2018.

This, he said, was established through painstaking investigations by the EOCO and the AG’s office, indicating that the properties acquired were bought using embezzled state funds.

Below is a breakdown of the properties and their estimated values under the couple’s names below:

1. No. 2 stream part drive, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra which is estimated at $1,000,000 (valued at GH¢15,000,000)

2. No. 6 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra

3. No. 7 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates, LA, Accra estimated at a value of $200,000

4. No. 8 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra estimated at a value of $97,815

5. No. 9 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra also valued at $270,000

6. No. 10 Edith Avenue, Mayfair Estates LA, Accra at $150,000, Additionally, another initial cash deposit of $500,000 was made to purchase 5 houses.

7. Vertex properties at Oyarifa Gated Estate Development. This consists of 27 houses each valued at an estimated cost of $295,000 (GH¢127,000,000).

8. Two properties in London

The AG further disclosed that an amount of up to GH¢39 million was allegedly diverted and embezzled by the suspects from the agency.

"GH¢39,462,480 went into Adu-Boahene and his wife's pockets from one transaction," the Attorney General said.

Reassured|
Adjei 8 months ago

Match electrical power generation with all the new industry smelters refineries

Match electrical power generation with all the new industry smelters refineries
Efo Kofi 8 months ago

Stop talking nonsense and do the work you talk too much you know the situation before kwasiasem

Stop talking nonsense and do the work you talk too much you know the situation before kwasiasem
Kwabena Damptey 8 months ago

Ghanaians voted for you to fix the problems not to complain please

Ghanaians voted for you to fix the problems not to complain please
Ex_S/Sgt Haruna Iddrisu 8 months ago

Every government in Ghana except Kwame Nkrumah inherited debt but has run the economy without such needless lamentations. Shut up and fix the economy. That's why we voted for Mahama.

Every government in Ghana except Kwame Nkrumah inherited debt but has run the economy without such needless lamentations. Shut up and fix the economy. That's why we voted for Mahama.
KWASI IN EUROPE 8 months ago

Don't be stupid. Did Akuffo Addo come and inherit trillion dollars? Stop those stupid complaints.

Don't be stupid. Did Akuffo Addo come and inherit trillion dollars? Stop those stupid complaints.
Appiah 8 months ago

Do you think you are smart, Mahama first year he informed us that he is not borrowing for chinchinka, and we push that amount for him to come and pay take or not take contracts is waiting for you (woto aduro bone ebi ka wo) p ...
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Do you think you are smart, Mahama first year he informed us that he is not borrowing for chinchinka, and we push that amount for him to come and pay take or not take contracts is waiting for you (woto aduro bone ebi ka wo) pay for your loans we will come and pay ours.
JDM 8 months ago

lamentations! every new administration sings the same songs!!!

lamentations! every new administration sings the same songs!!!
Mary 8 months ago

Toilet self is better than Gonja mafia john mahama, also known as Scammer mahama - scamahama.

Tribalistic Gonja Mafia john mahama has appointed his relatives, friends and people disgracefully sacked by the military into se ...
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Toilet self is better than Gonja mafia john mahama, also known as Scammer mahama - scamahama.

Tribalistic Gonja Mafia john mahama has appointed his relatives, friends and people disgracefully sacked by the military into sensitive positions.,
Kookrokoo 8 months ago

Common sense being. How much did you leave behind. Sit up. What did your finance minister say before reading the 2025 budget at the parliament. Only people like you are would say that.

Common sense being. How much did you leave behind. Sit up. What did your finance minister say before reading the 2025 budget at the parliament. Only people like you are would say that.
Akwasi Kwakye 8 months ago

The same old stories to carry through your 4 years. Have you forgotten how much you let behind, propagandists!

The same old stories to carry through your 4 years. Have you forgotten how much you let behind, propagandists!
Tetteh wiase 8 months ago

That propaganda won you the election so fix it

That propaganda won you the election so fix it
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Tsotsoo 8 months ago

The Road Minister should please remember roads in the Tema Metropolis. Valco roundabout to Kpone through TOR, horrible. Rotary roundabout to harbour road bad, Mankoadze roundabout to Kpone through Japan motors to Valco Road h ...
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The Road Minister should please remember roads in the Tema Metropolis. Valco roundabout to Kpone through TOR, horrible. Rotary roundabout to harbour road bad, Mankoadze roundabout to Kpone through Japan motors to Valco Road horrible. Total neglect for years. Thank you.
Ozone layer 8 months ago

If Ghana has the debt to are talking about how come the office of the most incompetent but skillful thief John Dramani Mahama received ghc 2.7 billion with 4 agencies while nana Addo with 8 agencies received ghc 347 million.G ...
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If Ghana has the debt to are talking about how come the office of the most incompetent but skillful thief John Dramani Mahama received ghc 2.7 billion with 4 agencies while nana Addo with 8 agencies received ghc 347 million.Ghanaians you voted for thieves to come and steal our money.This imbecile should put our the massive debt for us to demand accountability from the books and where the debt comes from.
Ras 8 months ago

Zoomlion is a criminal company. Jospong is addicted to sucking the blood of Ghana. Zoomlion is not doing any sanitation work. It's clear. His can we still owe them. I hate this man with every drop of blood in me.

Zoomlion is a criminal company. Jospong is addicted to sucking the blood of Ghana. Zoomlion is not doing any sanitation work. It's clear. His can we still owe them. I hate this man with every drop of blood in me.

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