Adu Boahene Saga: Ntim Fordjour calls for investigation into GH₵13.4 million alleged payment to Mahama's aides

The Member of Parliament for Assin South and Ranking Member of the Defence and Interior Committee, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has called for a thorough and transparent probe into what helium describes arsenic a "shocking" and "scary" fiscal ungraded involving the National Signals Bureau (NSB).

In a station connected X connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Ntim Fordjour shared a transcript of a missive by the embattled erstwhile NSB boss, Kwabena Adu Boahene, detailing peculiar operations expenditure by the NSB, which contained respective questionable disbursements totaling implicit GH₵13.4 million.

Among the astir alarming figures is an alleged GH₵8.3 cardinal expenditure successful September 2024, labeled arsenic "Support for Opposition Party (Communication Equipment for Election)," which, according to the letter, was channeled to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) astatine the highest of the 2024 predetermination campaign.

Additionally, GH₵5.135 cardinal is said to person been spent successful December 2024 connected logistics for "Special Aides to President-Elect" John Dramani Mahama, pursuing his triumph successful the 2024 elections.

Other expenditures which according to the MP, rise concern, see GH₵960,000 paid betwixt 2020 and 2021 to the Defence and Interior Committee for passing the Enactment of the NSB Act, and GH₵309,000 disbursed successful 2024 to the Subsidiary Legislation Committee for passing a Legislative Instrument (L.I.).

The MP described these transactions arsenic a "major National Security scandal" and a misuse of payer funds, insisting that the substance indispensable not beryllium treated arsenic "politics arsenic usual."

“This is shocking, scary, and a large National Security scandal!!! 8.3 cardinal cedis enactment for NDC astatine the highest of the 2024 predetermination campaign? 960,000 cedis for Defence & Interior Committee successful 2020/21 for passing legislation? 309,000 cedis for Subsidiary Legislation Committee successful 2024 for passing LI? 5.135 cardinal cedis expended connected President Mahama’s (President-Elect) Special Aides successful Dec 2024? The payer deserves a thorough and transparently conducted probe into the supra fiscal impropriety.

"This indispensable not beryllium authorities arsenic usual,” helium stated.

Kwabena Adu Boahene, the erstwhile NSB Director-General, was arrested connected March 20, 2025, astatine Kotoko International Airport upon his instrumentality from abroad.

The Attorney General, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, revealed that Adu Boahene is being investigated for embezzling authorities funds, including misappropriating funds from a $7 cardinal cyber defence strategy contract.

He is besides accused of laundering implicit $2 cardinal done existent property investments successful Accra, allegedly utilizing a backstage steadfast helium established during his tenure astatine the NSB from 2017 to 2025. Adu Boahene, his woman Angela Adjei-Boateng, Mildred Donker, a banker, and their company, Advantage Solutions Limited, person since been charged by the Attorney General.

The NSB, an bureau nether the National Security Council of Ghana, is liable for providing integrated awesome systems to enactment nationalist information and quality agencies, securing Ghana’s cyberspace, and maintaining connection among authorities information agencies.

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