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GHS 3 billion lie: The Fourth Estate’s investigation into SML contract wins African Investigative Journalism award

FULL VIDEO: The GH₵3 billion lie & the billion-dollar contract

SML sues The Fourth Estate, Manasseh Azure Awuni, demands GHS 10 million damages

GRA pleads with Akufo-Addo to allow SML system to run as contract review continues

We did not play any role in the award of ‘shady’ SML contract – Minerals Commission

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

The GH₵ 3 billion lie: GRA’s data shows volumes decreased after shady SML contract

The GH₵3 billion lie: We are confident KPMG will vindicate us – SML

STATEMENT: Controversy over the duration of shady SML contract

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

Rejoinder: THE GH₵ 3 BILLION LIE: Government pays hundreds of millions to company in a shady deal

OSP receives petition to investigate Finance Ministry, GRA and SML

THE GH₵ 3 BILLION LIE: Government pays hundreds of millions to company in a shady deal

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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.