Four former Northern Development Authority officials convicted over procurement corruption

A High Court in Tamale has convicted three former executives of the Northern Development Authority (NDA) and a private businessman of seven counts of corruption and corruption-related offences involving procurement contracts under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP).

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), in a statement issued on Friday, October 23, 2026, identified the convicts as former NDA Chief Executive, Sumaila Abdul-Rahman; former Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Operations, Stephen Yir-Eru Engmen; former Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and Administration, Patrick Seidu; and Andrew Kuundaari, Chief Executive of A&QS Consortium Limited. The offences include conspiracy to influence the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a contract, directly or indirectly influencing the procurement process for an unfair advantage, corruption by a public officer and corruption of a public officer. The contracts in question were awarded under the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme. According to the OSP, the prosecution followed investigations initiated after a complaint was filed by legal practitioner Martin Kpebu. Although…