The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa since the 2020 has been doing some serious Investigative Journalism works which he terms Parliament Oversight.
His exposés have been very detailed and saving Ghana billions of cedis.
Here are his top 10 works:
SOA OVERSIGHT’S Top 10 Parliamentary Oversight Exposés Which Have Saved Ghana A STAGGERING US$1.3billion
(GHS20.2billion)
01. National Cathedral Despite unlawfully spending over US$58million to dig the world’s most expensive pit, we have saved Ghana some US$400million by exposing that ungod- ly scam and stopping a grand unprecedented heist. (Note that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government had planned to spend over US$450million).
02. SSNIT Hotels – Successfully blocking the sale of 60% shares in SSNIT’s hotels to Bryan Acheampong. This saved Ghana at least US$121million which was the independent market
03. Akufo-Addo’s Sky Bath €20,000-per-hour Chartered Luxury Jet Travels conservative analysis carried out after stopping Akufo-Addo’s reckless, insensitive and profligate conduct points to a saving of about US$90million.
04. Ambulance Spare Parts Scandal involving Akufo-Addo’s Daughters’ Business Partners On course to save Ghana US$34.9million.
05. Transaction Levy Services – Scuttling the Akufo-Addo/ Bawumia dubious e-Transaction Levy Services allocation in the 2022 Budget saved Ghana GHS241.9million
06. Oslo Chancery Scandal – Saved Ghana US$12.2million
07. West Blue/Gabby Asare Okyere-Darko Unconscionable Demands on Finance Ministry – Saved Ghana GHS187.3 million
08. The Heaven Scandal Vigilant Parliamentary Oversight saved Ghana prime airport lands which were on the verge of being handed over to Heaven Builders Limited by the Ghana Airport Company Limited under an opaque, unconscionable sweetheart deal which experts say would have cost Ghana over US$250million.
09. Apex Pollution Judgment Debt Exposé – Saved Ghana US$88million
10. Bulgarian Embassy Demolition Exposé – Ghana and the Bulgarians would have lost prime land valued at US$5million to unscrupulous political actors on a state capture mission.
GRAND TOTAL – US$1.3billion /GHS20.2billion