A transport manager of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Northern Region, Timothy Banzaazi, has been interdicted after selling three state vehicles for a total of GH¢13,803 without approval.

The issue came up during a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing on Thursday, October 8, 2026, where the committee heard that the manager had disposed of seven GHS vehicles without accounting for the proceeds.

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Four of the seven vehicles were later returned, leaving three that had been sold.

During the hearing, officials clarified that the GH¢13,803 represented the total amount received from the sale of the three vehicles, and not the price of one vehicle.

“Honourable Chair, the total amount is GHC13,803,” the GHS officials said.
When the committee sought clarification on whether the amount was for one vehicle, the response was, ““No, the amount that I mentioned is for three cars. Four were returned out of the seven cars.”

The Director-General of the GHS, Professor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, told the committee that the manager had been reported to the police over the matter.

He said the GHS had also taken disciplinary action by suspending the officer and ensured that the amount valued by auditors was paid.

“We reported him to the police. They are handling it as criminal. We used our disciplinary proceedings, and he has been suspended temporarily, whilst we are pending the police to act. We made sure that he paid all the amount the auditory valued,” he indicated.

However, the explanation did not satisfy the Ranking Member of the PAC, Samuel Attah-Mills, who questioned the punishment imposed on the officer.

Attah-Mills said the manager was not authorised to sell the vehicles and did so without informing the relevant authorities or accounting for the money.

“Director General, I disagree with you on the form of punishment. Here is a guy. He wasn't supposed to sell these vehicles. He sold them without disclosing to anybody, and he didn't account for the money,” he fumed.

He questioned why the officer remained free after selling the vehicles, indicating that the officer should face a stronger sanction, given the circumstances surrounding the sale.

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He further criticised the GHS for describing the suspension as punishment when the matter had also been referred to the police.

“He sold seven of your vehicles, and he is walking free. He can take seven of your vehicles, sell them without accounting for it. Then you say the guy has been punished. What is a punishment?” he asked.



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