Mahama to be investigated over car gift

An official body in Ghana says it will investigate President John Mahama for receiving a vehicle as a gift from a Burkinabe businessman who has won government contracts in Ghana. The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) said it would conduct an investigation following petitions by private citizens and the youth wing of […]

An official body in Ghana says it will investigate President John Mahama for receiving a vehicle as a gift from a Burkinabe businessman who has won government contracts in Ghana.
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) said it would conduct an investigation following petitions by private citizens and the youth wing of the opposition Convention Peoples Party.
Anti-corruption institutions have in the past week condemned President Mahama after he confirmed reports that he received a Ford Expedition vehicle worth $100,000 from a Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe.
The government has denied there was any wrongdoing or that the gift influenced the awarding of contracts to Mr Kanazoe.
The vehicle was now part of the presidential motorcade, it added.