The Minority Caucus in Parliament on Wednesday called on the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Dr Dominic Ayine to resign immediately or be dismissed accusing him of incompetence over the withdrawal of GH¢350 million from the Contingency Fund to support victims of recent floods in Accra and other parts of the country.
According to the Caucus the disbursement may have violated a court order and provisions of Ghana’s public financial management laws because the Contingency Fund was under attachment at the time the funds were released.
According to the Minority, with ongoing garnishee proceedings involving the Contingency Fund, the Attorney General should have taken legal steps to have the order set aside before approving the withdrawal, rather than proceeding without addressing the legal restrictions.
Addressing journalists, the Deputy Minority Leader, Patricia Appiagyei, accused the Attorney General of failing to follow due legal process in authorising the release of the funds.
“We call on the President, who swore to preserve, protect and defend this Constitution, to relieve him of office without delay.
“The Minority accordingly demands the Attorney General and the Minister for Finance to appear before Parliament without delay to lay before the House the garnishee order, the full record of the suit that produced the judgment debt, the letter dated 1st July, 2026, and every correspondence exchanged among the Attorney General, the Ministry of Finance, the Controller and Accountant General’s Department and the Bank of Ghana concerning the attachment, the directives and the withdrawal,” she said.
The Minority Caucus also called for evidence to substantiate the government’s claim that the GH¢350 million withdrawn from the Contingency Fund was used to support victims of the recent floods in the capital.
The demand comes amid growing controversy over the legality of the withdrawal, with the Minority insisting that government must provide full disclosure of the processes that led to the release of the funds. Enditem
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