SML Ghana Scandal

GHS3 Billion lie: OSP goes after SML

GRA Disputes SML’s claims of expanded mandate in petroleum and mineral sectors

KPMG confirms SML cannot take credit for revenue increase in downstream sector

Presidency refuses MFWA’s request for full KPMG audit report on GRA/SML contracts

Next NDC gov’t will not accept any SML agreement – John Mahama

The GHS3 billion lie: Ministry of Finance says it has no information on revenue losses in petroleum sector

The GHS3 billion lie: Ministry of Finance rejects The Fourth Estate’s request for SML contracts

KPMG not the best to audit shady SML contract — CSO activists

Bright Simons: Ghana’s Billion-Dollar “Timber Merchant” Deal to Protect Taxes

THE GH₵ 3 BILLION LIE: Akufo-Addo suspends shady SML contract, appoints KPMG for audit

Parliament directs GRA to suspend payments to SML as it investigates questionable contracts

The Fourth Estate’s response to SML/GRA’s Rejoinder on the GH₵3 billion lie & the billion-dollar contract

SML official contradicts himself and his Boss as he defends GH₵ 3 billion lie

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.