Ghana's RTI law

Education ministry spent GH₵2 million on a Covid-19 Tracker App that was never used

Public purse bleeds as RTI Commission fines 10 institutions GH¢920,000

“Stop requesting information from the assembly; we won’t provide it” — Ada West DCE rubbishes RTI law

Minerals Commission goes to Court of Appeal to fight The Fourth Estate’s RTI request

Council of State refuses to grant right to information request by The Fourth Estate

Council of State misfires on RTI law, directs Togbe Afede’s aide to Metro TV for information

Minerals Commission spends GH₵27,000 to fight GH₵2 RTI ruling

Testing the RTI Law: Minister singles out MFWA and The Fourth Estate for praise

“You’re not exempted”– RTI Commission fines Ghana Police Service GH¢ 50,000

Release information for GH₵2 not GH₵6,000: RTI Commission orders Minerals Commission

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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.