The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate resignation or dismissal of the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, accusing him of incompetence over the withdrawal of GH¢350 million from the Contingency Fund to support flood victims.
The caucus argues that with ongoing garnishee proceedings against the Contingency Fund, the Attorney- General should have taken legal steps to set aside the order before authorising the release of the funds, instead of bypassing the required legal process.
Addressing journalists, the Deputy Minority Leader, Patricia Appiagyei, accused the Attorney-General of breaching legal procedures in the withdrawal of the funds.
“Should he fail to do the honourable thing, we call on the President who swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend this Constitution to relieve him of office without delay,” Mrs Appiagyei demanded.
The Minority accordingly demands, “the Attorney-General and the Minister for Finance appear before Parliament without delay to lay before the House the Garnishee Order, the full record of the suit that produced the judgment date, the letter of 1st July 2026 and every correspondence exchanged among the Attorney-General, the Minister for Finance.”
They also requested the Governor of the Bank of Ghana to state publicly “whether the Bank declined to give effect to the Attorney-General’s directive, from which account the 350 million cedis was in fact released and on whose instruction. Third, the Auditor-General immediately conduct a special audit of the flood response disbursement from source to destination and report to Parliament.”
The Minority further served notice that, “Should candid answers not be forthcoming, we shall pursue every parliamentary and legal avenue available to us including motion for a full-scale parliamentary inquiry and recourse to the Supreme Court for the enforcement of the Constitution under Article 2 and 130.”
The group also asked for proof to back the government’s claim that GHS350 million was taken from the contingency fund to support victims of the recent floods in Accra.
It is recalled that after the devastating floods in parts of the country on June 29, the Ministry of Finance credited the designated National Disaster Management Committee accounts with GH¢350 million from the Contingency Fund to finance emergency flood relief and mitigation measures.
The transfer follows President John Dramani Mahama’s directive to the Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, to mobilise resources from the Contingency Fund to support immediate relief efforts and strengthen flood mitigation measures.
In line with Article 177 of the 1992 Constitution, the Finance Minister first secured parliamentary approval through the Finance Committee for the withdrawal from the Contingency Fund.
Following Parliament’s approval, the Minister for Finance authorised the Controller and Accountant-General to release and transfer GH¢350 million from the Contingency Fund to the National Disaster Management Committee to implement the National Emergency Flood Response Programme.
Pursuant to the Minister’s directive, the Controller and Accountant-General opened a dedicated National Disaster Management Committee account at the Bank of Ghana and has transferred the full GH¢350 million into the account. The designated account has therefore been fully credited with the approved amount.
Of the total amount, GH¢200 million will finance urgent relief efforts for flood victims and affected communities, while GH¢150 million will be used to undertake flood mitigation measures aimed at reducing the frequency and impact of flooding.
The transfer of the funds gives effect to President Mahama’s directive for an immediate government response to the flood emergency, providing timely assistance to affected communities while supporting long-term measures to reduce the impact of future flooding.
By Christian Yalley
