{
  "id": 18480868,
  "title": "ORAL committee did not agree on $21.19bn state asset recovery estimate – Martin Kpebu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/oral-committee-did-not-agree-on-21-19bn-state-asset-recovery-estimate",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:12:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/oral-committee-did-not-agree-on-21-19bn-state-asset-recovery-estimate-martin-kpebu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former ORAL Committee member Martin Kpebu has disputed claims that the government could recover up to $21.19 billion from allegedly stolen state assets. The former chairman of the committee, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, had suggested that the recoverable amount could exceed the financial aid Ghana was seeking from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, Kpebu maintains that this figure was a personal estimate by Ablakwa and not a collective decision made by the committee members. He emphasized that the committee had not conducted any assessment to determine the total value of assets or funds that could be recovered and that Ablakwa's comment was made on a conditional basis.",
  "summary": "A former member of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) Committee, Martin Kpebu, has challenged claims that the government could retrieve as much as $21.19 billion from allegedly stolen state assets. Mr Kpebu insists the figure publicised by the committee’s former chairman, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, was a personal estimate and not a […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Former ORAL Committee member Martin Kpebu disputes $21.19bn asset recovery estimate.",
    "Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa suggested recoverable amount could exceed Ghana's IMF aid.",
    "Kpebu clarifies Ablakwa's comment was personal estimate, not committee decision."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}