GH¢34 million of GARID funds spent on training, workshops and meetings, expenditure records show
While the World Bank argues that the ministry's fiscal controls contributed to implementation delays, the Ministry of Finance maintains that the controls were necessary to review expenditure patterns and redirect resources towards the project's core infrastructure objectives.
More than ¢34 million of funds allocated to the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) Project was spent on training programmes, workshops, meetings and related expenses between 2019 and 2026, according to expenditure records submitted by the Ministry of Finance."In its implementation update, the World Bank attributed much of the slowdown in the project to fiscal controls introduced by the Ministry of Finance in 2025.
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