{
  "id": 12933932,
  "title": "Public Accounts Committee accuses Health Ministry of ‘organised crime’ over GH¢10m car loan debt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/public-accounts-committee-accuses-health-ministry-of-organised-crime",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T19:06:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/news/public-accounts-committee-accuses-health-ministry-of-organised-crime-over-gh10m-car-loan/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Ranking Member of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Samuel Atta Mills, has accused the Ministry of Health of running an \"organized crime\" operation due to 596 staff members failing to repay loans under the ministry's car revolving fund. These individuals owe approximately GH¢10 million, with around GH¢8 million still outstanding. The ministry admitted that some beneficiaries cancelled standing orders for loan repayments, citing weaknesses in internal control systems as the cause. Reiterating the issue, Mills alleged that the Ministry was merely passing the responsibility to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), asking if the DVLA was responsible for providing the vehicles or organizing the scheme. He urged the ministry to form a dedicated recovery team to collect the defaulted vehicles and take responsibility for the repayment crisis. The committee plans to investigate the car revolving fund's management and the steps the Ministry of Health is taking to recover the outstanding debt.",
  "summary": "By Ashiadey Dotse The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Samuel Atta Mills, has accused the Ministry of Health of running an “organised crime” scheme over the failure of 596 staff to repay loans obtained under its car revolving fund. Staff members reportedly owe about GH¢10 million, with approximately GH¢8 million still outstanding. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Health ministry outlines four steps to prevent respiratory infections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/health-ministry-outlines-four-steps-to-prevent-respiratory-infections",
        "published": "2026-10-08T19:22:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}