John Boadu: Big Push Contracts Open Door to Party Loyalists

Mahama demands answers from Roads Minister over sole-sourced contracts

President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, to respond to concerns over sole-sourced contracts under the Big Push programme. The directive follows The Fourth Estate’s latest investigative report and requires a detailed response including a breakdown of contracts for the Presidency. “Although we have seen snippets of the investigation from the media, I have instructed my office to obtain t…

Development Discourse with Amos Safo: The “Big Push” and the return of sole sourcing

The “Big push”, which is President John Mahama’s policy initiative to address the shortfalls in the road sector appears to be conflicting with the Procurement Act 2023. While in opposition, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicators led by candidate John Mahama made huge electoral gains by trumpeting what they described as the abuse of sole sourcing by the Akufo-Addo administration. The most essential provision of Ghana’s Public Procur…

John Boadu: Big Push Contracts Open Door to Party Loyalists

NewsGhana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/john-boadu-big-push-contracts-open-door-to-party-loyalists/John Boadu, former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has entered the Big Push procurement debate, arguing that the scale of sole-sourced contracts under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration is creating fertile ground for politically connected individuals to be…