Accra, December 12, 2025 – EXCLUSIVE!

A seismic scandal is erupting in Ghana’s education sector, shaking the very foundation of the NDC government and sending shockwaves across the nation.

BREAKING: Teachers Forced to PAY GH¢25,000 for Jobs They Deserve!

In a jaw-dropping expose, thousands of desperate, qualified teachers are being extorted for a staggering GH¢25,000 just to receive their appointment letters and staff IDs. This isn’t just corruption – it’s a crime against Ghana’s future. A web of forged documents signed under the name of Ghana Education Service (GES) Director-General Professor Ernest Kofi Davis has surfaced, pointing to a massive bribery ring that’s exploiting hardworking graduates, while schools across the country remain understaffed.

President Mahama’s Government in the Crosshairs!

This explosive scandal is now directly implicating former President John Dramani Mahama and his NDC government, who appointed Davis as a so-called “reformer” to clean up the system. But now, it’s clear – the situation is getting WORSE, not better!

Tens of thousands of graduates are stuck in limbo, with 50,000+ teaching jobs announced earlier this year disappearing into a black hole of bureaucracy and corruption. Protests are breaking out across the country as the youth cry foul at the bribery ring that’s stealing their futures.

“We Paid to Teach – And Now We’re Being Robbed!”

In viral footage from Adom FM’s popular show “Dwaboso Nsem Nsem,” Richard Boakye, an unemployed teacher, fired back at the injustice: “I qualified to teach – so why must I PAY just to get a job? I’m starving, and these vultures demand money for what I deserve!” His story has sparked an outpouring of anger, fueling a nationwide outcry as desperate teachers come together to expose the truth.

Meanwhile, the Coalition for Unemployed Trained Teachers has revealed shocking insider information. Paul Octhere Karikari, the group’s leader, went public, saying: “This isn’t just bad luck – it’s deliberate sabotage! They’re excluding the poor while the well-connected cash in!”

Ghost Recruitment and a Corrupt Empire

Even screenshots are circulating of fake recruitment letters, backdated appointments, and evidence of ghost payrolls – all of which have lined the pockets of the corrupt officials behind the scandal. This comes as a bombshell report from the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) reveals the full scale of the disaster. Kissi Agyebeng, the Special Prosecutor, has uncovered GH¢2.85 million in taxpayer money wasted in 2024 alone on fraudulent schemes tied to the GES!

As Davis’s regime crumbles under the weight of these allegations, questions abound. Why hasn’t Davis – who was handpicked by Mahama to reform the system – acted against this rampant corruption? Why are teachers being blackmailed into paying bribes when their jobs should be guaranteed by law?

Ghana Faces a Crisis of Leadership

As the nation’s education system threatens to implode, protests are intensifying. On social media, angry Ghanaians are demanding that Mahama fire Davis immediately, launch a full investigation, and put an end to this bribe empire that is bleeding the country dry.

The mounting public outrage has reached a boiling point, and with no signs of resolution in sight, calls for revolution are growing louder. Youth unemployment is soaring, and the 2025 WASSCE results are disastrous—all part of a larger crisis that’s putting the future of Ghana’s children at risk.

The Space, titled “Youth, Jobs, Accountability & Good Governance,” drew more than 48,000 live listeners, pushing #NDCBuriedTheYouth to the No.1 spot on Ghana X.

What followed was a three-hour avalanche of anger, frustration, and raw testimonies from young Ghanaians watching their futures collapse in slow motion.

“Students can’t pay fees — the promises were empty.”

Abigail Iddrisu (@BillionaireAi25) didn’t mince words:

“Students admitted to university are still waiting for the government to pay fees promised in the manifesto. Nothing. How do they survive?”

“National Service postings rejected — unless you know somebody.”

Nat G. Tetteh (@NatGTetteh) dropped a bomb:

“State agencies are rejecting National Service postings. If you don’t have connections, forget it. This is pushing young graduates into despair.”

“2024 promises have turned into 2025 suffering.”

Akosua NPP Warrior:

“They promised heaven in 2024. They have delivered hell in 2025. The youth are wide awake. 2028 is payback time.”

Leaked memo triggers political earthquake

A leaked Finance Ministry memo ordering sharp cuts to revived NABCO jobs sent the Space into chaos.

Meanwhile:

• Free SHS feeding grants are 11 months in arrears
• nursing and teacher allowances are still “under review”

The question repeatedly asked: “What exactly is working for the youth?”

“Every lie will be replayed until 2028.”

In a fiery closing statement, NPP Loyal Ladies Director for Diaspora Affairs Ms Karen Kemetse declared a full political offensive:

“Every lie will be replayed in every village until 2028. The youth have been betrayed — but they will have the last laugh.”

She announced weekly Monday-night exposés leading up to the 2028 elections.

Analysts: the youth vote is slipping fast

Political watchers warn the NDC may be losing grip on the very demographic that secured victory in 2024. Some analysts describe the youth vote as being “on emergency life support.”

Ghana’s political temperature is boiling. And tonight’s Space made one thing clear: the 2028 countdown has already begun.

Accra, December 8, 2025 — GhanaSpeak News Desk

A major political controversy has erupted after a representative of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) appeared to confirm the existence of a WhatsApp group that includes senior journalists, civil society actors, and officials from state accountability institutions.

The comment, made during a live interview on JoyNews’ Newsfile, suggested the group includes the Auditor-General and even representatives of the Supreme Court.

The OSP official’s remark came during a discussion on corruption and ethical reform. When asked by journalist Manasseh Azure Awuni about coordination between the OSP and government actors, the official replied, “There is a government WhatsApp group that we are on… to chart a new path on ethics and corruption policy.”

He later attempted to clarify the point, insisting the group was “not influenced” by government direction.

Social media reaction was immediate. The hashtag #Abanfooaba trended within hours, with many users questioning why journalists and oversight institutions would be part of a group apparently coordinated by the ruling administration. The timing also added fuel to the controversy, with the comment occurring on the first anniversary of President John Mahama’s 2024 election victory.

Opposition figures quickly moved to frame the development as evidence of political interference. In a Twitter Space hosted hours later, contributors described the group as a “narrative-shaping circle” protecting government interests at a time of increasing economic pressure and complaints of rising unemployment.

Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Africa distanced himself from the group, stating that no member of his organization was part of the chat, and raised concerns that such a platform could be used to influence accountability processes.

Unconfirmed reports circulating online suggest that the original WhatsApp group was dissolved shortly after the backlash and replaced with a new one.

The Presidency is yet to issue an official response.

Ghana continues to face questions over youth joblessness and slow progress on the promised 24-hour economy. Opposition figures say the current scandal only reinforces fears that key state institutions are compromised.

GhanaSpeak.com will continue monitoring this developing story.

I wanted to get a new SIM to complement the one I already have. Then I decided to patronise a road side sim vendor and the unexpected happened. 

During registration, I gave out the needed details to the vendor and the registration was going on smoothly until it got to capturing.

Usually, you are expected to be captured once but the vendor captured me twice and that made me suspicious. So I queried him but he gave a flimsy excuse.

Immediately after the registration, I got a welcome text message indicating I registered two numbers instead of one

I asked why two numbers registered in my name instead of one, the vendor said “it’s normal, that sometimes the issue is from the network operators”. 

The next day, I went to Glo office to lay a complain and the moment I mentioned what brought me, the manager there said

“these guys again? Why doing these to innocent people”?, that was when I realized the gravity of what just happened. The second number was deregistered, the case was reported and the guy was picked up.

Questioning the vendor, he said they usually use people’s details to register other sim cards which they resell to “car trackers” at a higher price. 

On further interrogation, he confessed that he uses people’s details to register sim cards which they sell to fraudsters, ritualists, kidnappers and he makes a lot of money from the business.

Now, imagine if he sold this second number to a kidnapper or a fraudster and when tracked, my picture and details would pop up and it would be difficult to deny.

I’m putting this out here because a lot of innocent people are in prisons today because of cr!me they know nothing about.

While doing your registration, please be attentive and report any suspicion to the right authority.

Thanks Let’s Be Guided Please.

I really admire the President and the NPP’s commitment to making secondary education free for all, and not be a hindrance for the poor or deprived. THIS IS SUPER GOOD.

But surely, we should run our free education in a way that helps the young people, the state and the economy as a whole.  Whilst lauding the opportunity for all to have secondary education, the few years of implementation points to several practical challenges – stifling the economy, collapsing private schools and  businesses and creating lots of hiccups in the smoothness we’ve known with our secondary education.  And this is why it surprises when the Government consistently insists on not ‘reviewing Free SHS’. 

Let me say, I pity the government for getting a bad name for what it does out of good intentions for the people of Ghana. 

But the sure fact is that good thought isn’t all that it takes to satisfy a people and prosper a nation. The good thought must be carried through a strategy of pragmatism, truthfulness and objectivity; otherwise this good intention would give the NPP more bad name – and I could predict that many parents who enjoyed the freedom from payments, and even the students who went through this free education, would vote against the NPP one day soon.

 And this is simply because, we asked our governments to get our children opportunity to experience secondary education. We never really asked them to give our children food for free! If they choose to do so, they may, but must do it effectively – not compromise the training and knowledge we asked for!

It’s surely best to give all qualified Ghanaians a chance to secondary education, but should free education mean ‘FREE FEEDING’? In the countries that we are often proud to mention as successful education and economies, FEEDING IS NEVER FREE. 

Rather, every opportunity is availed for qualified young persons

• to have admission into schools

• to have a good, reliable and consistent academic calendar 

• to have the best of all the needed facilities for teaching and learning generally for free

with teachers and other staff who are well motivated to teach and guide the students to learn.

As know it now, Free SHS is a veritable yoke around the neck of government, the economy, parents, the GES, teachers, and the students themselves. The promise we hear is that an improved economy would help deliver a better free SHS programme. BUT the sadness is that the Free SHS as we have it now would even hold us back from developing a prudent state expenditure, a reasonable balance of payment and sound economy which would reenergise and grow itself and its people!

In my next issue, I’ll share my suggestions on our secondary education saga. But surely, the answer to the Free SHS issue would be from technocracy and objectivity – never through politics!

Thank you, Compatriots for your kind attention. 

 Yaw Sekyi

Consequently, the Office of the Special Prosecutor, (OSP), Headed by Attorney Kissi Agyebeng, has launched a probe into alleged corrupt practices and offenses committed at the Customs Division of the GRA in relation to goods and vehicles that were auctioned by Ghana Customs over the past six years.

In a statement issued by the OSP in Accra dated August 22, 2022, the Special Prosecutor disclosed that he has “commenced investigation into suspected corruption and corruption-related offenses in respect of auction sale of vehicles and other goods by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority between 1 July 2016 and 15 August 2022”.

The statement said the OSP has in a letter dated 19 August 2022, directed the Commissioner of the Customs Division, retired Col. Kwadwo Damoah, to produce and furnish the Special Prosecutor’s Office with information on five specific items; the particulars and clear description of all auctioned items, the quantity of all auctioned items, the prices at which the items were auctioned, the date of each auction sales, and lastly the full names, addresses and telephone numbers of the successful bidders at all the auction sales.

The Commissioner of the Customs Division, according to the statement, has also been directed by the OSP to immediately halt and discontinue all auction sales till the investigation has been concluded.

On August 3, 2022, the OSP issued a report of its investigations into the alleged commission of corruption and corruption-related offenses involving Labianca Group of Companies owned by a Member of the Council of State, Ghana’s highest constitutionally mandated advisory body to the President on critical national issues, and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority.

In the report, the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, disclosed that under the supervision of the Commissioner of Customs, Kwadwo Damoah, Labianca Group of Companies evaded taxes to the tune of GHC1.074m in connivance with people at the top echelon of the Customs Division. Labianca Group of Companies has since refunded the value of the taxes it evaded back into the national coffers. This led to a public spat between Commissioner Kwadwo Damoah and Special Prosecutor Agyebeng in the media, with each side accusing the other of haboring a sinister plot.