Speaker Alban Bagbin has sent Parliament's internal review of the 2015 AKSA Energy deal to the Special Prosecutor after finding no proof MPs took bribes.

Published 11 Nov 2026, 20:18 GMT

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Speaker Alban Bagbin has handed an internal Parliament review report on the 2015 AKSA Energy deal to the Office of the Special Prosecutor — Ghana's anti-graft agency — after records showed no lawmaker took a bribe.

Addressing the House on Wednesday, November 11, Mr Bagbin said the administrative probe into claims of a US$46,000 payout found no trace that any MP or Parliamentary Service staff member took money over the 2015 AKSA contract approval.

"Honourable Members, I have accordingly directed that the report of the Review, together with all supporting documentation, be formally transmitted to the Office of the Special Prosecutor and any other relevant investigative body to assist their investigations and any further enquiries necessary to establish the full facts," he said.

Commissioned by Mr Bagbin as head of the Parliamentary Service Board, the internal check reviewed Hansard, Votes and Proceedings, and files from the Mines and Energy Committee, while interviewing past and current parliamentary staff alongside a former committee chair.

Records show the emergency power deal was laid before the House on June 23, 2015, reported back by the committee on July 16, 2015, and approved a day later. The Clerk has been instructed to preserve all files for the Special Prosecutor's ongoing AKSA inquiry.

The Speaker warned that the internal finding does not exonerate anyone or prove that no illicit payments changed hands outside the chamber, as the OSP had earlier named persons of interest in the matter.

Because the panel conducted an administrative exercise rather than a criminal probe, it could not subpoena bank statements, compel documents, or take testimony under oath.

"These decisions rest on a simple conviction, and that conviction is an institution charged with holding others to account must itself meet the highest standards of transparency, integrity and accountability," Mr Bagbin said.

The scrutiny began after former Goldman Sachs investment banker Asante Kwaku Berko, who also previously headed the Tema Oil Refinery, was convicted by a Brooklyn federal jury on August 6, 2026.

US prosecutors proved that Berko arranged more than US$1 million in bribes between 2014 and 2015 to help Turkish firm Aksa Enerji secure the Ghanaian power plant deal.

Found guilty of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and money laundering charges before US District Judge Diane Gujarati, Berko could receive a maximum 30-year prison term. The OSP assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the case under mutual legal assistance rules.

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AKSA Energy deal: Parliament finds no proof MPs took US$46,000 bribe, sends report to OSP

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