Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has disclosed that an internal administrative review into allegations of bribery surrounding the approval of the AKSA Energy emergency power agreement has found no evidence that any MP or Parliamentary Service officer received the alleged $46,000 payments.
He, however, cautioned that the finding does not establish whether the alleged payments were made or clear anyone who may have received them.
Mr Bagbin disclosed the findings while presenting his formal communication to Parliament on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, following the completion of an internal review he commissioned after the allegations emerged in August.
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The allegations followed proceedings in the United States involving former Goldman Sachs executive Asante Kweku Berko over alleged bribery and corruption connected to the development and financing of a power generation project in Ghana by Turkish company AKSA Energy Eurotem AS.
The allegations suggested that approximately $46,000 was paid to persons associated with Parliament to facilitate approval of the emergency power agreement.
According to Mr Bagbin, the review examined parliamentary records, including official reports, Votes and Proceedings, committee documents and the resolution approving the agreement.
It also interviewed some former and serving officers of the Parliamentary Service and a former chairman of the Committee on Mines and Energy.
The review established that the agreement was laid before Parliament on June 23, 2015, and referred to the Committee on Mines and Energy.
The committee presented its report on July 16, 2015, before Parliament adopted the resolution approving the agreement on July 17, 2015.
On the bribery allegations, Mr Bagbin said the records and interviews examined did not produce evidence that any MP or parliamentary officer received the alleged payments.
He nevertheless stressed that the review was limited because it had no access to bank records, financial transactions or communications outside Parliament.
“It does not establish whether the alleged payments were made, nor does it identify or clear any person who may have received them,” he cautioned.
The Speaker said the report and supporting documents would be transmitted to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for further investigations.
He maintained that the matter must be pursued through lawful investigative processes and that no individual should be condemned based solely on allegations.
Background
The allegations against the Ghanaian officials emerged from proceedings in the United States involving Asante Kweku Berko, a former Goldman Sachs executive and former Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery.
A US State Department statement announcing Berko’s conviction indicated that he and his associates were involved in paying more than US$1 million in bribes to Ghanaian government officials between 2015 and 2016 in connection with the development and financing of the AKSA power project.
The proceedings also indicated that US$46,000 was allegedly paid to members of Ghana’s Parliament to facilitate the approval of the agreement.
KT Hammond, who was the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Energy Committee at the time, rejected the allegations when he spoke to Citi News on August 10, 2026.
He questioned how the alleged US$46,000 could have been shared among the 18 MPs on the committee and its secretariat staff, suggesting that the amount would translate into relatively small sums for each person.
“Is KT Hammond that bloody cheap?” he asked, dismissing the suggestion that he and other committee members could have been induced with the alleged payments.
Parliament’s records indicate that the AKSA Emergency Power Agreement was laid before the House on June 23, 2015, and referred to the Committee on Mines and Energy for consideration.
The committee presented its report on July 16, 2015, before Parliament debated and approved the agreement on July 17, 2015.