Ghana loses 10,000 tonnes of paid rice

ByEnigma 808

A full 10,000 metric tonnes of rice just vanished from government books despite Ghana paying for every single grain.

Ghost rice scandal hits Parliament

  • Thomas Nyarko Ampem dropped the bombshell on March 10.
  • Ghana bought 34,000 metric tonnes for dry-spell relief.
  • Only 24,000 metric tonnes actually showed up distributed.
  • The missing 10,000 metric tonnes remain completely untraced.

Maize delivery fraud looks even worse

  • A contractor got paid for 100,000 metric tonnes of maize.
  • Actual delivery totaled a pathetic 11,900 metric tonnes.
  • GH¢771.2 million went out based on fake paperwork.
  • Food and Agriculture Ministry’s internal auditor signed off.

Forged documentation enabled the payouts

  • Stores Receipt Advice confirmed a nonexistent delivery.
  • The Ministry of Finance authorized payment on that basis.
  • Certified checklists from internal auditors backed it up.
  • Verification processes failed at every single level.

Accountability calls are getting louder

  • Public fund oversight clearly needs a massive overhaul.
  • Dry-spell communities got shortchanged on emergency supplies.
  • Parliament heard the full scope of financial mismanagement.
  • Stricter supply-chain monitoring is long overdue here.

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