General News of Wednesday, 1 April 2026Source: www.ghanaweb.comThe Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has summoned former Minister of Health, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, over the payment of GH¢20 million as mobilisation funds for a Parliamentary Service Hospital project that is yet to commence. The summons follows revelations by the Auditor-General on April 1, 2026, indicating that the amount was paid despite no physical work being carried out on the project. The report further noted that Dr Okoe-Boye signed the contract for the hospital project during his tenure as Health Minister. Yamson explained that the agreement between the Ministry of Health and Sienna Services provided for a 15 per cent mobilisation payment out of a total contract sum of GH¢108 million, of which GH¢20 million had already been disbursed. “We have written to Sienna Services, and they have responded to the work that was done with the GH¢20 million.

Source: GhanaWeb April 01, 2026 23:19 UTC