A $200 million contract becomes a $560 million obligation, half a billion. It was expelled by Ghana’s President John Mahama in 2025, contract terminated after its Auditor-General documented systematic corruption, fraud, and theft from the workers it was paid to employ. Their alleged terms to competing bidders were unambiguous: $4 million, as the price of consideration for a $200 million contract. With consultation, committee members flew to Accra and finalized an initial payment of $2 million from Zoomlion to Liberian officials, ‘allegedly’. *to the public | What Happens now*WE File with the World Bank Integrity Vice Presidency — this week.

Source: Front Page Africa February 23, 2026 19:02 UTC