A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC’s) legal team, Abraham Amaliba, has condemned the extent to which some public servants have been stealing from the coffers of the state.
He said they should “steal in moderation.”
According to him, although stealing is a criminal offense, he is shocked by the extent of financial malfeasance revealed by the Attorney-General, Dr Dominic Ayine, during the Government Accountability Series.
“Initially, when the suppliers were picketing at the office of the Buffer Stock Company, i thought it was a case of delayed payment because government will always delay in payment. But to come and think about what happened to our children in school after all these figures have been splashed here. How can somebody and the wife alone put our children to this?
Two people made our children go to school and come back malnourished. It doesn’t add up, it doesn’t make sense. What kind of wickedness is this? And so when school children didn’t have food on their table and some were drinking koko without sugar, on gari diet for a whole week. I know parents who had to stir banku or buy kenkey and send it to school. two people were the reason for this. How come?
As a human being, how many houses do you need? People have stolen money to the extent that the money is tricking them to use the money for properties which you don’t immediately need.
Everything thing should be done in moderation…Steal in moderation, “he said in frustration on TV3’s KeyPoints on October 25.
Mr Amaliba explained that, “the moderation is that you don’t need some of the things that you have stolen and purchasing them left, right and centre.”
Mr Amaliba was contributing to discussions on the revelation that the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul Wahab and his wife have alleged stolen millions of cedis.
Mr Amaliba wondered, “This watch that you bought, is it not reading the same time that my watch is reading? So the vulgar nature of the stealing is the problem.”
It is recalled that on October 22, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine revealed yet another financial malfeasance allegedly involving former CEO of Buffer Stock Company, Hanan Abdul Wahab under the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration.
At a press briefing on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, Dr. Domini Ayine revealed that upon investigation by the Economic Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the former Chief of Buffer Stock, Abdul Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni stole state funds of over GHC40 million which were meant for the School Feeding program while he served as Buffer Stock CEO from 2017 to 2024.
The A-G narrated that on June 25, 2025, the EOCO conducted a coordinated operation based upon their initial investigations which resulted in the arrest of Mr. Abdul-Wahab, former Chief Executive of the National Food And Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO), his wife Faiza Seidu Wuni and James Atieku, the Buffer Stock manager for the Northern Sector who was based in Tamale.
The operation also led to the arrest of Emmanuel Arthur, Head of Corporate Affairs of NAFCO.
“On account of the foregoing, we have decided to charge Mr. Hanan Abdul-Wahab and his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni with stealing, conspiracy to steal, willfully causing financial loss to the state, using public office for profit, obtaining public property by false statements and money laundering,” the A-G noted.
According to the A-G, the arrest followed initial intelligence and assessment by EOCO which suggested that while serving as CEO of Buffer Stock between 2017 and 2024, Mr. Hanan Abdul-Wahab colluded with his wife, Faiza Seidu Wuni, Richard Sam Asante (Head of Finance), Bismark Owusu Boakye (Finance Department), and Emmanuel Arthur (Corporate Affairs Manager) and others to, to create an elaborate criminal enterprise that was used to steal and launder public funds from the Buffer Stock Company.
The A-G noted that evidence shows that the funds were instantly retransferred to companies owned by Abdul Wahab himself and companies and entities owned and associated with him and his wife.
“Similarly, evidence shows that between December 2017 and May 2019, Hanan Abdul Wahab transferred GHC5,495,780.036 from Buffer Stock Company accounts to two bank accounts belonging to Aludiba Enterprise, one of his companies at Republic Bank and Absa,” he added.
According to the A-G, Abudul Wahab and wife laundered over GHC40 million and siphoned these funds through some seven enterprises.
| Entity Name | Amount |
| Sawtina Enterprise to Hanan Abdul-Wahab | GH₵ 16,179,137.25 |
| Sawtina Enterprise to Alqarni Enterprise | GH₵ 23,913,964.90 |
| Sawtina Enterprise to Fa-Hausa Ventures | GH₵500,000.00 |
| Sawtina Enterprise to Chain Homes Ghana Ltd | GH₵550,000.00 |
| TOTAL: GHC 40,493,102.15 |
