The Minority in Parliament has accused the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, and the Controller and Accountant General of colluding to block and unlawfully withdraw GH¢1.4 billion from the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) account at the Bank of Ghana this November.
The allegations follow an earlier controversial withdrawal of GH¢11.3 million between February and April 2025, which the Minority claims has already disrupted operations and development across various assemblies.
Addressing journalists in Parliament, Minority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, said the Finance Ministry’s actions represent a clear breach of constitutional provisions.
He argued that, “It’s becoming clear that that was a deception. It was a clear deception. They pay with the right hand and then they are unpaid, so to speak, or they take out their money with the left hand.”
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Dompreh provided specific figures and dates to back the claims, stating, “Between February, March, and April, the Controller and Accountant General swept some 11.3 million Ghana Cedis and 3.2 million Ghana Cedis from the account of the common fund. As you do know, the District Assembly Common Fund are constitutional funds… earmarked towards a certain project, assemblies, the MPs, contractors, the youth, a lot of variables.”
He added that while GH¢3.2 million had been returned after complaints, the GH¢ 11.3 million remained outstanding.
The latest alleged sweeping involves GH¢1.4 billion.
