{
  "id": 16205625,
  "title": "Ex-NDA boss, 3 others fined GH¢84,000 each or face 4 years in jail",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ex-nda-boss-3-others-fined-gh-84-000-each-or-face-4-years-in-jail",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T17:11:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/ex-nda-boss-3-others-fined-gh%c2%a284000-each-or-face-4-years-in-jail/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a Tamale High Court ruling, former Northern Development Authority (NDA) Chief Executive Sumaila Abdul-Rahman, along with former Deputy Chief Executives Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen, Patrick Seidu, and Andrew Kuundaari of A&QS Consortium Limited, have been fined a total of GH¢84,000 each. The court, presided over by Justice Eric Ansah Ankomah, convicted the four on seven counts of corruption and corruption-related offenses tied to procurement contracts under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP). Rather than imposing prison sentences, the court opted to impose fines equivalent to 1,000 penalty units per count, totaling 7,000 penalty units per individual. If the fines are not paid, they could face up to four years in prison. The court took into account the defendants' advanced ages and earlier intervention by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), which avoided unlawful payments. This decision followed a plea for leniency from the defendants' defense counsel, noting their status as first-time offenders and the lack of financial loss to the state. The OSP initiated the case after receiving a complaint from legal practitioner Martin Kpebu, which was based on an investigation into procurement contracts awarded under IPEP, a government initiative aimed at infrastructure development. The Office of the Attorney General has expressed their commitment to combating corruption in both the public and private sectors.",
  "summary": "A Tamale High Court has fined former Northern Development Authority (NDA) Chief Executive Sumaila Abdul-Rahman and three others GH¢84,000 each instead of handing them custodial sentences over corruption-related offences. The court, presided over by Justice Eric Ansah Ankomah, imposed the fines after convicting the four of seven counts of corruption and corruption-related offences linked to […]",
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  "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."
}