Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority Leader, has blown an alarm alleging that the Mahama-led government has been awarding juiciest contracts to foreign entities rather than the indigenous Ghanaian companies.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the Mahama government must prioritise local businesses instead of foreigners.
The minority leader questioned the pattern of contract allocations, adding that a review of parliamentary records details how some of the most lucrative state contracts are being handed to foreign firms.
Speaking on Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV on April 6, 2026, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin said, “Look, when this government came into office, I won’t list them, but go to Parliament, look at the order paper. The juiciest contracts are going to foreigners. I won’t mention now… but look at the order papers from day one”.
“No one has said anything, and nobody sees anything wrong. I am not saying that a Ghanaian business must not be subjected to any scrutiny, but it is quite concerning that when a Ghanaian business is succeeding, we are up in arms against how it’s succeeding. So, we have to look at it properly,” he stated.
Afenyo-Markin added, “Mr President, I would beg of you, look critically at every single contract that gets out there and at least make sure, if not all, it should be 50-50. Mr President, we must be deliberate. Get all the ministers to be deliberate”.
“And it’s not just being a Ghanaian company, but an indigenous-owned Ghanaian company. You can have a Ghanaian company, foreign-owned. By the way, I’m not against a foreigner investing in Ghana. I am also not against foreign investment in Ghana. I am not anti-foreign investor, but what I’m saying is that we must grow our own,” he clarified.
In related news, the Roads Minister, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has rejected the claims made by the Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah.
According to Sulemana Braimah, some companies awarded sole-sourced contracts under the government’s Big Push infrastructure programme have insignificant staff.
Sulemana Braimah detailed that documents provided by the Ministry of Roads and Highways show that one of the companies awarded sole-sourced Big Push contracts has four workers; another has one worker.
Sulemana Braimah detailed that the company with just one worker was awarded the Big Push sole-sourced contract worth GHS146million.
Speaking on JoyNews Newsfile on Saturday, 28 March, Sulemana Braimah stated, “One of the companies awarded sole-sourced Big Push contracts has four workers; another has one worker.”
“This is Senam Ghana, they have four workers, sole-sourced for a big push contract, we are told no wheelbarrows. There is even one here that says one worker. This is Build Managers Limited. It is here in the contract that your ministry has signed, they are doing a contract worth GHS 146 million. There is even a lot about this contract, the 146 million, 30 million is allocated for the maintenance of the department of feeder Roads headquarters”.
He explained that the figures were obtained directly from the Ministry’s Big Push Master Register.
Sulemana Braimah further detailed that the recent report by The Fourth Estate, a project of MFWA, which highlighted concerns over sole-sourced contracts, was based on official records from the road ministry after they initially requested access to the documents under the Right to Information Act, but were denied, which led to an appeal to obtain them.
However, the roads minister, in a sharp rebuttal on X, has told Ghanaians to disregard the disinformation.
According to the Roads Minister, no contractor in Ghana has only one staff member, disclosing that the names of contractors mentioned have contractors with many active staff working on site currently.
In a post on X, he wrote, “Fellow Countrymen and Women, what we do at the Ministry of Road and Highways is largely engineering. Don’t be misled by anyone with a hidden motive. No contractor in Ghana has only one staff. I am told someone mentioned the name of a firm called Sanam (4 workers per SSNIT clearance) and Build Managers (1 worker). These are contractors with many active staff working on-site currently. Disregard the disinformation”.
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