The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus in Parliament has accused the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice of constitutional violations over the release of GH¢350 million for the June 29, 2026, national flood response.
At a press conference addressed by Madam Patricia Appiagyei, the Deputy Minority Leader, in Parliament House on Wednesday, the Minority presented a July 1, 2026 letter from the Attorney-General to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana as evidence.
According to the Caucus, the letter directed the release of GH¢350 million "notwithstanding" subsisting garnishee proceedings against the Contingency Fund.
She added: "The Attorney-General, aware of a subsisting court process, directed the central bank of the Republic to proceed notwithstanding it on no authority but his own 'considered opinion.'"
Madam Appiagyei explained that in the Republic of Ghana, court processes are not overridden by the considered opinion of any minister.
Quoting the AG's letter headed "Release of Funds from the Contingency Fund for the National Emergency Flood Response Programme," the Deputy Minority Leader said the AG stated: "I am aware that the Contingency Fund is presently the subject of garnishee proceedings. Notwithstanding those proceedings, it is my considered opinion that the exceptional circumstances… warrant the immediate release of the approved funds."
According to Madam Appiagyei, also the New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Asokwa, the AG further advised the BoG to release the GH¢350 million "without delay."
As a result, the Minority argued the proper course was for the AG to go to court to vary or discharge the attachment.
"The emergency demanded speed before a judge, not a coup against the court's process," she said.
She noted that the Minority's central concern was that although Parliament approved the withdrawal specifically from the Contingency Fund on Monday, June 29, 2026, the money may have been taken from "another public account."
"If the Contingency Fund remained under attachment… then the emergency disbursement could only have proceeded through another public account. If that is what occurred, then Parliament was never asked to approve that alternative source," she stated.
The group accused the Ministry of Finance of announcing "without qualification that the money had been released from the Contingency Fund," a statement the Caucus says "did not accurately reflect what transpired" if the funds came from elsewhere.
The Minority listed four concerns: Articles 1(2) and 125 regarding the supremacy of the Constitution and rule of law; Articles 177 and 178 regarding parliamentary control over public funds; Article 88 regarding the role of the AG as principal legal adviser; and the alleged deception of Parliament.
The Minority has therefore demanded the immediate appearance of the AG and Minister for Finance before Parliament with the garnishee order, the July 1 letter, and all correspondence; the BoG Governor to state publicly which account was debited and whether the Bank declined the AG's directive; and a special audit by the Auditor-General "from source to destination."
Madam Appiagyei further called for the Attorney-General's resignation or removal by the President.
"An Attorney-General who directs the central bank to proceed 'notwithstanding those proceedings'… has failed in fidelity to the very Constitution he swore to uphold," she said.
"Should he fail to do the honourable thing, we call on the President… to relieve him of office without delay," she added.
The Minority also served notice of a potential motion for a full parliamentary inquiry and recourse to the Supreme Court under Articles 2 and 130.
