Ghana Broadcasting Corporation implicated in GH¢580 million All African Games financial irregularities

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation GBC is implicated in procurement irregularities amounting to approximately GH¢3,560,213.52, with service providers engaged without formal written contracts. The 700-page report cited pervasive overpricing, unqualified contractors, ghost equipment, and systematic circumvention of procurement laws, implicating three former top officials. The audit also estimated GBC lost $4.96 million approximately GH¢59.5 million in potential revenue due to poor broadcast management and marketing, largely attributed to leadership failures.

The forensic audit, commissioned by President John Dramani Mahama in 2025, revealed widespread cost inflation, irregular payments, and unsupported expenditure across contracts. The Auditor-General has submitted the report to Parliament. The findings indicate GBC failed to execute proper contractual instruments for third-party service providers, leaving key terms undefined.

Three entities, The Production Room TPR, Silicon House Productions, and Broadstem Co Ltd, provided services without documented agreements. Auditors recommended Professor Amin Alhassan, GBC’s Director-General, be sanctioned. The audit also found a GH¢57,000 payment to TPR for training with no evidence of delivery.

Total expenditure on the Games was GH¢2,245,515,037.44, with an outs