Ghana Parliament probes previous administration over 8.2 million Cedi Toilet for All project that exists only on paper

The Public Accounts Committee has launched a high stakes pursuit of two senior officials after discovering that GH¢8.2 million intended for essential sanitation infrastructure under the previous administration has vanished without a single brick being laid.

The funds were earmarked for the ambitious Toilet for All initiative in Kumasi and Tamale, but investigations reveal that while contractors were paid significant mobilization fees in 2019, the project sites remain completely empty.

During a tense parliamentary session on April 1, 2026, Local Government Minister Ahmed Ibrahim confirmed that the key figures behind these transactions are still active within the public service. He identified the former Director of Procurement, Theophilus Okine, now at the Ministry of Defence, and the former finance head, Bright Oduro Kwarteng, currently at the Ministry of Trade and Agribusiness, as the individuals who must now answer for the missing millions.

The probe took a suspicious turn when the committee was told that vital payment vouchers and supporting documents had already been moved to the National Archives. Ranking Member Samuel Atta Mills dismissed this as a stalling tactic, questioning why records for such recent transactions would be archived so prematurely. He argued that the cycle of paying contractors for zero work and then simply reassigning the contracts is a blatant failure of accountability.

This scandal is just one piece of a much larger financial puzzle, as the Auditor General has flagged GH¢3.1 billion in unreconciled government commitments. The committee has now ordered a formal summons for all involved officials and contractors, demanding they produce the missing paperwork or face the consequences of this massive waste of Ghanaian taxpayer money.