How four deceased pensioners milked Ghana of GH¢7.4m across seven years

A damning revelation by the Auditor-General has laid bare the vulnerabilities within Ghana’s public pension infrastructure, revealing that the state continued to deposit millions of Cedis into the bank accounts of deceased individuals for years.

Furthermore, the report specified clear institutional routing for the clawed-back state cash, ordering that "any recovered funds should be paid into the Auditor-General’s Recoveries Account at the Bank of Ghana.

Refusing to let the state bear the loss, the Auditor-General has issued a stern directive to the Controller and Accountant-General to track down and claw back every pesewa of the disbursed funds.