Publicly funded, privately controlled! The multi-million-cedi Astroturf Exposé
The One Constituency, One Astroturf programme that began in 2017 as one of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration’s most celebrated sports infrastructure initiative was welcomed across Ghana as a transformative investment in youth development and community sports.
The multi-million-cedi Hohoe Sports Stadium and the Agogo Sports and Cultural Complex, funded by public money, have been the subject of a Corruption Watch investigation revealing procurement irregularities and conflicts of interest. Former Minister of Energy John Peter Amewu and former Ghana Gas Communications Director Ernest Owusu-Bempah are central to ownership disputes at Hohoe and Agogo, respectively.
The Hohoe Stadium project and Agogo Complex were initiated by municipal assemblies and funded by state agencies under CSR programs. Corruption Watch's investigation highlights a pattern of circumvention of competitive tendering, raising concerns about the integrity of these multi-million-cedi sports infrastructure projects.
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