'The Akufo-Addo government was relentless in its efforts to exploit the nation' – Economist

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Kwame Angel 8 months ago

NAPO was one of the biggest thieves. He needs to be investigated.

NAPO was one of the biggest thieves. He needs to be investigated.
Kojo Poku-London-UK 8 months ago

NAPO, mother is from Akyem and his father is an Ashanti. So NAPO is an Akyem Abuakwa like Akuffo Addo. Thieves-Birds of the same feathers, fly together. THIEVES, CIA SPIEs-TRAITORS-Selfish and self centred people.

NAPO, mother is from Akyem and his father is an Ashanti. So NAPO is an Akyem Abuakwa like Akuffo Addo. Thieves-Birds of the same feathers, fly together. THIEVES, CIA SPIEs-TRAITORS-Selfish and self centred people.
TAKE OR PAY DEMON 8 months ago

As for Nana Addo, the least said about him the better. The bloke has a very weak intellect and pretended to be what he is not.

As for Nana Addo, the least said about him the better. The bloke has a very weak intellect and pretended to be what he is not.
Dr Mumbi Seraki 8 months ago

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine.....for instance 10 paracetamol at once.....or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.

Hello youth of Ghana. You can take your own life with medicine.....for instance 10 paracetamol at once.....or combine medicine and akpeteshie or weedicide.
Kojo Poku-London-UK 8 months ago

NAPO, mother is from Akyem and his father is an Ashanti. So NAPO is an Akyem Abuakwa like Akuffo Addo. Thieves-Birds of the same feathers, fly together. THIEVES, CIA SPIEs-TRAITORS-Selfish and self centred people.

NAPO, mother is from Akyem and his father is an Ashanti. So NAPO is an Akyem Abuakwa like Akuffo Addo. Thieves-Birds of the same feathers, fly together. THIEVES, CIA SPIEs-TRAITORS-Selfish and self centred people.
Kofi Adu 8 months ago

These Asantes and Akyems are the biggest nation destroyers and thieves why?

These Asantes and Akyems are the biggest nation destroyers and thieves why?
Wwwe 8 months ago

Animal send him to court

Animal send him to court
Mr. Good 8 months ago

Kwasea biara na yɛ sosɔ no so.

Kwasea biara na yɛ sosɔ no so.
Kojo Poku-London-UK 8 months ago

CIA TRAITORS FROM AKYEM ABUAKWA-UNPATRIOTIC ANIMALS-SELFISH AND SELF CENTRED. THIEVES, THIEVES.
ALL DIE BE DIE AKUFFO ADDO MUST INDEED FACE ONE OF THE RAWLINGS FIRING SQUADS FOR BETRAYING US ASHANTIS. Look at this idiot, bla ...
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CIA TRAITORS FROM AKYEM ABUAKWA-UNPATRIOTIC ANIMALS-SELFISH AND SELF CENTRED. THIEVES, THIEVES.
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, Aluapims 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.

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Kofi Adu 8 months ago

Why is it always the Asantes and the Akyems who are always the thieves. You won't see akwapims fantes or bonos looting like these

Why is it always the Asantes and the Akyems who are always the thieves. You won't see akwapims fantes or bonos looting like these
Kofi Adu 8 months ago

You asantes are the chief thieves. Foolish people. Rawlings didn't kill enough of you

You asantes are the chief thieves. Foolish people. Rawlings didn't kill enough of you
Donatus 8 months ago

He came, he saw, he exploited. Now felty rich. Fantastically rich.

He came, he saw, he exploited. Now felty rich. Fantastically rich.
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EKA 8 months ago

You’re very right it just took the timely intervention of God to deliver us from this group of evil men. The least we can do as a nation is to make they stay in opposition for the next 20yrs and to do well to recover their ...
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You’re very right it just took the timely intervention of God to deliver us from this group of evil men. The least we can do as a nation is to make they stay in opposition for the next 20yrs and to do well to recover their loot to pay our international debt we’re due to pay from 2027
Agbeli Kumordzi 8 months ago

Akuffo Addo fiafitor julow

Akuffo Addo fiafitor julow
Kwame 8 months ago

I have never seen an obnoxious evil man anywhere in the world like Nana Addo. when is oppressive rule ended, it was like a jailbreak to Ghanaians . Never again in this history

I have never seen an obnoxious evil man anywhere in the world like Nana Addo. when is oppressive rule ended, it was like a jailbreak to Ghanaians . Never again in this history
Ozone layer 8 months ago

NDC Ghanaweb always writes nonsense to entertain NDC morons,mental regarded imbeciles who are not able to think.Who did Nana Addo exploit the nation when he received 314 million ghc for his 8 agencies and imbecile John Draman ...
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NDC Ghanaweb always writes nonsense to entertain NDC morons,mental regarded imbeciles who are not able to think.Who did Nana Addo exploit the nation when he received 314 million ghc for his 8 agencies and imbecile John Dramani Mahama received 2.7 billion ghc for his 4 agencies and criminal Mahama did not exploit Ghana.This moron economist is mentally retarded and he need psychiatric treatment in his mental faculty.
Newself 8 months ago

People like you only look at a small patch of the picture. Consider the whole frame including indicators like debt which Akufo-Addo and NPP ballooned from 122 billion ghc to 742 billion. If you don't know don't come ans show ...
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People like you only look at a small patch of the picture. Consider the whole frame including indicators like debt which Akufo-Addo and NPP ballooned from 122 billion ghc to 742 billion. If you don't know don't come ans show your ignorance here.
Lordma 8 months ago

Npp used sea sand to build this roads that some are on going and ndc will also will use the same sea sand to complete this roads hmm .

Npp used sea sand to build this roads that some are on going and ndc will also will use the same sea sand to complete this roads hmm .
GH1957 8 months ago

Nobody loves JM and Ghana more than me but I think we need another Revolution in Ghana now to arrest and punish these akyempanzees severely without any pity or remorse!

I am so sickened and appalled by the scale of the sta ...
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Nobody loves JM and Ghana more than me but I think we need another Revolution in Ghana now to arrest and punish these akyempanzees severely without any pity or remorse!

I am so sickened and appalled by the scale of the state capture and looting by the akyem sakawa government and their family and friends!
Nash 8 months ago

They are too wicked a people

They are too wicked a people
Kwam 8 months ago

Hmm little did Ghanaians know this. Nana Addo we taught was the Messiah to save us, but he rather came to steal not only from the purse but the purse itself. Asemooo!!!

Hmm little did Ghanaians know this. Nana Addo we taught was the Messiah to save us, but he rather came to steal not only from the purse but the purse itself. Asemooo!!!
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Akuffo addo govt was relentless of looting 8 months ago

Akuffo addo govt only came to loots state properties and moneys

Akuffo addo govt only came to loots state properties and moneys
SA 8 months ago

It is not even worth talking about, the guy, president Akuffo Addo stopped managing the economical affairs of the country 3 years before he left office. The management of everything in Ghana was on auto pilot, he became a lam ...
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It is not even worth talking about, the guy, president Akuffo Addo stopped managing the economical affairs of the country 3 years before he left office. The management of everything in Ghana was on auto pilot, he became a lame duck leader, at times at the extreme, dictatorial and confused, just watching on corruption everywhere and covering it with powerful speeches, ultimately his regime is among the worst in Ghana's history.
Sycamore 8 months ago

That is a vivid description of the thieves and nation wreckers called the npp led by a confused incompetent clueless old crook called Akufu-Addo

That is a vivid description of the thieves and nation wreckers called the npp led by a confused incompetent clueless old crook called Akufu-Addo
Kwabena Ansa 8 months ago

Scott, you are right on point. I hope you remember that during Akuffo's administration, roughly 80 (NPP and NDC) parliamentarians went to him and requested that he remove then Minister of Economic and Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, ...
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Scott, you are right on point. I hope you remember that during Akuffo's administration, roughly 80 (NPP and NDC) parliamentarians went to him and requested that he remove then Minister of Economic and Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, from office because of some things they briefed him about. His response to their request was that they should let Ofori-Atta complete the negotiation of the IMF loan first, which was his way of brushing them off. Even though the loan was successful, he did not remove him. Consequently, the loan has, of late, been a topic of discussion by the current administration questioning its disbursement.
Scott, it is not that "The Akufo-Addo government was relentless in its efforts to exploit the nation' he did selfishly exploit the nation.
Eugene 8 months ago

Ur just an ignoramus

Ur just an ignoramus
Mary 8 months ago

Toilet self is better than the Gonja mafia john mahama aka Scammer mahana; scamahama.

Toilet self is better than the Gonja mafia john mahama aka Scammer mahana; scamahama.
Erik 8 months ago

Akufo Addo did not come to make Ghana better for all but for himself famlies and cronies.

Akufo Addo did not come to make Ghana better for all but for himself famlies and cronies.
Pelicles. 8 months ago

Who is this "Economist called Scott Bolshevik", and where does he come from? If a leader decided to use the nation's money to educate children, does that mean exploitation? Nkrumah, our first president gave the Northern secto ...
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Who is this "Economist called Scott Bolshevik", and where does he come from? If a leader decided to use the nation's money to educate children, does that mean exploitation? Nkrumah, our first president gave the Northern sector free education and left the Southern part to fend for themselves and people did not see anything wrong with that.

Under Nana's presidency, Ghanaian school children won "International Robotic" competition first in our history, and does that amount to exploitation?

Since March 1957, the only government that had had trade surplus was NPP government and does that amount to exploitation?

Due to freedom of speech, any fool can just spit some acidic fumes to choke some unsuspected and ignorant Ghanaians to believe the lie they churn out.
A Disgraceful nation wrecker 8 months ago

Akuffo-Addo is the Most Useless Man ever to hold the office of President. Forests destroyed, Rivers polluted and poisoned, Cocoa farms destroyed. The damage done is permanent and irreversible. He makes sick. A supposedly educ ...
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Akuffo-Addo is the Most Useless Man ever to hold the office of President. Forests destroyed, Rivers polluted and poisoned, Cocoa farms destroyed. The damage done is permanent and irreversible. He makes sick. A supposedly educated person behaving like a complete illiterate. Only thing he was good at was making pointless speeches and enabling thieves to flourish and prosper.
Lordma 8 months ago

You are a lier and you don't read to know who is better to build a nation please be quiet thank you.

You are a lier and you don't read to know who is better to build a nation please be quiet thank you.
A Disgraceful nation wrecker 8 months ago

I live abroad. I used to tell people proudly that I love going home to eat fresh organic food. Thanks to this useless man, everything is polluted now. Very soon even our cocoa will be snubbed on the world market. Also look at ...
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I live abroad. I used to tell people proudly that I love going home to eat fresh organic food. Thanks to this useless man, everything is polluted now. Very soon even our cocoa will be snubbed on the world market. Also look at how filthy Ghana became. Bolla everywhere, despite this clown making speeches about Accra becoming the cleanest capital city.
CLOWN 8 months ago

Just imagine hiring a $15,000 private jet to fly abroad to go beg foreigners for aid ?? Hello !!?? Imagine going to visit the Asantehene with 20 or more Land Cruisers driving recklessly. Even the British Prime Minister has on ...
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Just imagine hiring a $15,000 private jet to fly abroad to go beg foreigners for aid ?? Hello !!?? Imagine going to visit the Asantehene with 20 or more Land Cruisers driving recklessly. Even the British Prime Minister has only 3 cars in his convoy. Same with King Charles. Akuffo is mentally retarded. Certified !!
CLOWN 8 months ago

$15,000 per hour private jet

$15,000 per hour private jet
Galamsey President 8 months ago

This man should be blamed directly for all the children born with mercury related deformities. Also all the people with kidney disease. Nana Addo and his officials allowed friends and relatives to collect mining licenses to d ...
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This man should be blamed directly for all the children born with mercury related deformities. Also all the people with kidney disease. Nana Addo and his officials allowed friends and relatives to collect mining licenses to destroy our dear country

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