Benjamin-Diaz Adann is the man at the centre of controversy over the award of a GH¢683 million Big Push road contract to Growth 82 Global Ltd, a company incorporated in January 2025, shortly after the Mahama administration assumed office.
Despite his company being barely two weeks old at the time, the company went on to secure the multi-million-cedi road contract with another company of his reportedly benefiting from a major MahamaCares deal.
The question many Ghanaians are asking is who Benjamin-Diaz Adann is, and how did his newly incorporated company land such lucrative government contracts in such a short period?
Benjamin-Diaz Adann is the Chief Executive Officer of ADB Ghana Medicals Limited, a medical equipment and supplies company.
According to the company’s official profile, the business was established by him in 2006, initially as a sole proprietorship under ADB Scientific Product Enterprise.
Reports suggest that in February 2026, Benjamin-Diaz Adann was identified as CEO of ADB Ghana Medicals during an inspection of restoration works on the catheterisation laboratory at Korle Bu.
Records from the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) detailed that Growth 82 Global Ltd is owned by Benjamin-Diaz Adann, who holds a 70% stake, with the remaining shares owned by Zaid Imam.
His company, ADB Ghana Medicals Limited, has also been awarded contracts under the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as MahamaCares.
Among the contracts awarded to Benjamin-Diaz Adann is the restoration of the Catheterisation Laboratory at the National Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
He also reportedly secured another contract for works at the Cardiothoracic Centre of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi under the MahamaCares initiative.
Also, the Fourth Estate exposed that Benjamin-Diaz Adann Growth 82 Global Ltd was incorporated in January 2025, weeks after the Mahama administration took power, and was awarded a GHS683million Big Push road contract despite the fact that the company did not have the required classification to qualify for such a contract.
The investigative reporting revealed the firm lacked experience and proper classifications.
Parts of the Fourth Estate article stated, “On the specific issue of when GROWTH 82 Global Ltd was registered, the Valerie Sawyerr report said: “Evidence shows that the company Growth 82 Global Limited was registered on August 18, 2020.”
On the issue of the capacity and classification of the company by the Ministry of Roads and Highways, the Committee said: “Evidence shows that the company Growth 82 Global Limited was registered on August 18, 2020; received A3B3 certificate on September 6, 2024; received A2B2 certificate on March 19, 2025; and received A1B1 certificate on August 14, 2025.”
Where and how the President’s Committee obtained the evidence to draw the conclusions above remains a wonder. This is because official records expose what the Valerie Sawyer Committee put out as evidence to be completely false.
The Fourth Estate applied for and received an official report from the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) on the incorporation and ownership of GROWTH 82 Global Limited.
According to the ORC, the company was indeed registered on January 21, 2025, which is exactly two weeks after the current NDC government was sworn into power.
So the question is, where did the Valerie Sawyerr Committee get the August 18, 2020, company registration date from?”
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