9 NDC Officials Convicted During NPP Administrations Since 2000 | Discuss Ghana

The prosecution and conviction of public officials under the Quality Grain case (nineteen point eight million US dollars loss to the state), the GNPC case, and the four million US dollars NCA cyber-security case remain landmark legal precedents in Ghanaian anti-corruption and public finance management law.

1. Kufuor Administration (2001–2009)

The convictions secured during President John Agyekum Kufuor's tenure were primarily prosecuted by the Attorney-General's Department under charges of causing financial loss to the state (Section 179A of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 [Act 29]):

Victor Selormey (Former Deputy Minister for Finance): Convicted in December 2001 in the Quality Grain scandal for his role in fraudulently causing financial loss of one point two five million US dollars to the state through unauthorized payment credits.

Kwame Peprah (Former Minister for Finance): Sentenced in April 2003 to four years' imprisonment for causing financial loss of nineteen point eight million US dollars in connection with the Quality Grain rice project at Aveyime.

Ibrahim Adam (Former Minister for Food and Agriculture): Sentenced in April 2003 to two years' imprisonment for his involvement in facilitating uncollateralized state guarantees for the Quality Grain project.

George Sipa-Adjah Yankey (Former Director, Ministry of Finance): Convicted alongside Peprah and Adam in April 2003, serving a two-year custodial sentence for authorization breaches in the same project.

Dan Abodakpi (Former Minister for Trade and Industry and MP): Sentenced in February 2007 to ten years' imprisonment for causing financial loss of four hundred thousand US dollars regarding payments from the Trade and Investment Programme (TIP) fund. (Note: He was later granted a presidential pardon by President Kufuor in May 2008).

Tsatsu Tsikata (Former CEO, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation): Sentenced in June 2008 to five years' imprisonment for causing financial loss of two hundred and thirty thousand Ghana cedis (two point three billion old Ghana cedis) after GNPC guaranteed a loan for Valley Farms, a private cocoa company that defaulted. (Note: He was granted a presidential pardon in January 2009).

2. Akufo-Addo Administration (2017–2025)

The high-profile custodial sentences handed down during President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's tenure centered heavily on procurement breaches, illegal payments, and corruption within state-owned agencies and regulators:

Eugene Baffoe-Bonnie (Former Board Chairman, National Communications Authority): Convicted by the High Court in May 2020 and sentenced to six years' imprisonment for his role in the unauthorized four million US dollars procurement of Pegasus cyber-surveillance equipment.

William Matthew Tetteh Tevie (Former Director-General, NCA): Sentenced in May 2020 to five years' imprisonment for conspiracy, stealing, and causing financial loss in the same four million US dollars NCA transaction.

Alhaji Salifu Mimina Osman (Former Deputy National Security Coordinator): Convicted alongside Baffoe-Bonnie and Tevie in May 2020, serving a five-year custodial sentence for his involvement in facilitating the illegal NCA disbursement. (Note: He was granted executive pardon on health grounds in August 2023).