The Fourth Estate

Ghanaian journalists alarmed by growing legal threats

Four journalists from The Fourth Estate win big at 28th GJA Awards

Founding Editor-In-Chief of The Fourth Estate nominated for international award

School Placement Fraud: Police Investigator reveals one accused person is GES staff

Deputy Majority Leader declares asset after The Fourth Estate report

Lighthouse sues all six former pastors again

Exclusive: Akufo-Addo’s 18 ministers who never declared their assets

FULL LIST: All the 75 properties contained in Sir John’s will

The Fourth Estate Investigation: Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission to tackle online fraud

RTI: Finance Ministry directed to release ex-gratia payments list to The Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate named in 10 best investigative stories from sub-Saharan Africa in 2021

Sex Predator Trial: “You don’t need medical report to prove rape”– Prosecutor

“Licensed Sex Predator”: Ohene Nkunim charged with rape, declined bail

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.