Ghana’s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine, has implicated the former Director-General of the National Signals Bureau (NSB), Kwabena Adu Boahen, in a scheme involving the monthly diversion of GHS1.3 million in public funds from Ghana Water Limited (GWL) to his private company.
At a press conference held on Wednesday, April 30, Dr. Ayine detailed the findings of an ongoing investigation that links Adu Boahen to a network of financial misappropriation tied to a contract to secure internet services between GWL and the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications, now the National Signals Bureau.
“Our diligent investigation team came across yet another scheme hatched by Mr. Adu Boahene, this time involving Ghana Water Limited. This criminal enterprise involved the purported provision of secured internet services by the erstwhile Bureau of National Communications now National Signals Bureau,” Dr. Ayine said.
Under the agreement, GWL was to make monthly payments of GHS1.3 million for services rendered by the Bureau. However, according to the Attorney General, the funds were not directed to the appropriate government account but were instead funneled to a private entity, BNC Communications Bureau Limited, owned by Adu Boahen and his wife.
“For purposes of his payment, Kwabena Adu Boahen provided the account details of his company, BNC Communications Bureau Limited, to Ghana Water, which religiously paid for the internet services,” Dr. Ayine disclosed.
The Attorney General further broke down the mechanics of the payments, highlighting the frequency and scale of the alleged diversion.
“In other words, every two weeks, when GHS650,000 of money from Ghana Water left the account of Ghana Water, instead of going to the National Signals Bureau account, it went to the account of a company owned by Kwabena Adu Boahen and his wife,” he said.
Investigators also discovered that by the end of the review period, the monthly sum transferred had increased from GHS1.3 million to GHS1.5 million, raising further concerns about the long-term financial implications of the arrangement.
The revelations form part of a broader investigation into financial misconduct involving state institutions, of which Ghanaians are on the edge, expecting results from prosecutors. The Attorney General has not yet disclosed when court proceedings will commence.
The development follows the recent arrest of Adu Boahen and comes amid growing national concern over accountability and corruption within key public service sectors.
