
Henrietta Lamptey, Registrar of the Births and Deaths Registr
Rather than preparing her handing-over notes, Henrietta Lamptey, the outgoing Registrar of the Births and Deaths Registry, is making a desperate eleventh-hour move to drain $1.5 million in UNICEF donor funds before she is shown the exit by the incoming John Mahama administration
Sources say Lamptey, knowing her time is up, has rushed through plans for a nationwide “capacity-building” workshop set for February 2025 to February 22, 2025, at the plush NODA Hotel in Kumasi—a move critics described as a thinly disguised scheme to blow through UNICEF’s funds before she’s kicked out.
Officially, the event is packaged as “training on data collection, validation, and statistical analysis”—but insiders at the Registry insist it’s nothing more than a cash-burning exercise to wipe out the final tranche of a $3 million UNICEF support package.
The Births and Deaths Registry already received and spent the first $1.5 million, but with UNICEF’s final disbursement landing on January 15, 2025, Lamptey has wasted no time in finding ways to drain the account before her exit.
A leaked invitation letter, signed by Lamptey herself, invites staff for a lavish retreat disguised as training. But internal sources say the programme is just a front for reckless spending, financial mismanagement, and blatant misuse of donor funds.
The so-called workshop will see staff flown in from across the country, housed in comfort, and treated to all-expenses-paid luxury—all while UNICEF’s millions disappear into thin air.
With the timing of the event raising serious red flags, critics are questioning why an outgoing official is in such a rush to deplete funds earmarked for institutional development.
TIME TO STOP THIS SCANDAL—NOW!
With Lamptey on borrowed time, stakeholders are calling on President Mahama to take immediate action to freeze this dubious expenditure before UNICEF’s $1.5 million is lost forever.
Analysts argue that if staff truly needed capacity building, why wasn’t this training done months ago? The suspicious speed of the workshop planning reeks of financial recklessness and must be halted before the Registry is left in ruins.
If Lamptey is allowed to pull this off, it won’t just be UNICEF’s money that disappears—it will be yet another dark stain on Ghana’s fight against corruption.
The clock is ticking, and the call is clear:
Halt the workshop. Protect UNICEF’s $1.5 million. Hold those responsible to account!