Ghana’s Finance Ministry has uncovered multiple recycled invoices in payment claims submitted by the Ministry of Roads and Highways, some originating from the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.
Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson confirmed an ongoing probe into the flagged claims, initiated after Roads Minister Governs Agbodza detected potential duplicates in payment pipelines.
Recycled invoices repeated submissions of the same payment requests risk inflating government liabilities and bypassing financial controls. While Forson withheld the exact value involved, the discovery adds to longstanding concerns over road sector irregularities, including past auditor reports of overbilling and unauthorized expenditures.
“This undermines public financial management,” Forson stated, pledging full transparency. The investigation aligns with the Mahama administration’s broader fiscal reforms, including stricter enforcement of the Public Financial Management Act and GH¢3.5 billion in recent contract disallowances.
