Ghanaian citizen challenges disbursement of District Assemblies Common Fund to MPs' personal accounts
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Dr. Yaw Twerefour, a private Ghanaian citizen, has filed a suit with the Supreme Court, seeking to declare the allocation and disbursement of District Assemblies Common Fund DACF monies into the personal bank accounts of Members of Parliament MPs unconstitutional. The suit, filed against the Attorney-General, the Administrator of the DACF, and the Ministers for Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, and Finance, argues that this practice is inconsistent with Articles 187 and 252 of the 1992 Constitution and undermines public financial accountability. Dr. Twerefour contends that the DACF is exclusively for the benefit and administration of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies, not for allocation to MPs or other individuals outside the constitutional framework. He seeks a declaration that any formula approving DACF distribution to MPs under schemes like “MPs Common Fund” or “Constituency Labour Projects” is unconstitutional and void. The plaintiff also challenges the direct transfer of DACF monies into personal accounts, citing a special audit from 2017-2024 that reportedly found GHS488 million paid directly to MPs' personal accounts with no structured accountability or documentation. Dr. Twerefour is requesting a perpetual injunction against such disbursements, an order for future DACF payments to be made strictly into designated public accounts of District Assemblies, a comprehensive audit of all DACF monies previously disbursed to MPs, and the
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