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Former UDS students petition GTEC over collection of unapproved levies

‘Circle Dubai’ brightens up again after years of darkness

MPs rush to declare assets after The Fourth Estate exposé

Peace returns to Anyinasin as excavators leave, ending months of Galamsey tension

Takoradi-Kojokrom railway line resumes service after years of deterioration

President Mahama directs renegotiation of the terrible NLA-KGL deal

Engineers petition Auditor-General to audit Big Push road contracts after The Fourth Estate’s report

CHRAJ finally engages Ada Songor Lagoon brutality victims after The Fourth Estate’s report

The Fourth Estate submits report on Big Push investigation to Office of the President

Health Ministry to tighten hospital payment systems after The Fourth Estate’s ‘Medical Kalabule’ investigation

Scholarship Secretariat publishes list of beneficiaries after The Fourth Estate exposé

Medical Kalabule: Ministry of Health to set up probe committee, The Fourth Estate pledges support

Latest Podcast

Mathematical Mix-up or Deliberate Duplication? Why the Presidency’s Big Push report doesn’t add up

The Fourth Estate’s investigations into the Mahama administration’s flagship construction project, The Big Push, generated a lot of public debate about the use and abuse of sole source procurement in the award of public contracts. In May 2026, in response to The Fourth Estate’s investigation, the presidency released a 72-page report which concluded that the Ministry of Roads and Highways did not abuse the sole source process in its award of contracts under the Big Push initiative. Interestingly, the number of Big Push contracts used to arrive at that conclusion differed from those obtained by The Fourth Estate through a Right to Information (RTI) request from the Roads Ministry. While the presidency’s response sought to dispute the number of sole-sourced contracts awarded under the initiative, it however, did not dispute the cost per project contained in The Fourth Estate’s report. So what did the presidency miss in its own review of contracts awarded under its flagship project? Kwaku Krobea Asante joins us to break down the figures and point out where they fall short.