The Fourth Estate has exposed the Valerie Sawyerr Committee for churning out false information to clear the Ministry of Roads and Highways in the presidency investigations into Big Push sole-sourcing road contracts.
It will be recalled that The Fourth Estate publication unearthed that the Road Ministry awarded 81 sole-sourced contracts worth over GHS73 billion in 7 months.
Following that expose, President John Dramani Mahama instructed his office to obtain the full detailed report from the Fourth Estate concerning the Road Ministry’s GH¢73b Big Push sole-sourcing contracts.
According to President John Dramani Mahama, his office is to conduct a study of the various allegations presented in the report.
President Mahama also directed the Ministry of Roads and Highways to answer all the allegations made in the report.
Mahama set up a committee led by his Senior Presidential Advisor, Dr Valerie Esther Sawyerr, to investigate the concerns raised in the report, including the issues about GROWTH82 Global Ltd.
The Valerie Sawyerr Committee subsequently released a 72-page report containing its findings and recommendations.
However, the Fourth Estate has provided more evidence established that the President’s Committee fell short in conducting the expected investigations.
According to the Fourth Estate, the Valerie Sawyerr Committee report is laden with falsehood and misleading findings.
In a news article, the Fourth Estate “revealed that there were companies whose official records in the contract signed indicated they had few workers.
In the case of Build Managers Ltd, awarded one of the contracts under Big Push, the contract documents indicated it had one worker. Despite evidence within the signed contract, the Valerie Sawyerr Committee indicated the company had 20 staff as at January 2025.
Below is the SSNIT clearance certificate within the signed contract.
We also indicated that the SSNIT clearance certificate of Sanam Ghana Ltd showed it had four workers. Again, despite clear evidence in the signed contract document, the Valerie Sawyerr committee said it had 25 staff members.
Below is the SSNIT clearance certificate as it is contained in the signed contract.
These and more issues raise questions about where the Valerie Sawyerr Committee got their figures and whether the committee deliberately put out false information or it was misled”.
Also, the Fourth Estate exposed how a two-week-old company identified as Growth 82 Global Ltd, incorporated in January 2025, weeks after the Mahama administration took power, was awarded a GHS683million Big Push road contract.
The investigative reporting revealed the firm lacked experience and proper classifications, prompting President Mahama to form the Valerie Sawyerr Committee.
Parts of the news article filed by The Fourth Estate stated, “One of the companies that was cited as not having demonstrable experience and capacity and yet was awarded a major contract under the Big Push initiative is a company called GROWTH 82 Global Ltd. The Fourth Estate’s probing revealed that the company was less than one year old at the time it was awarded a major, multi-million-cedi contract for the construction of the Dodo Pepeso-Nkwanta road.
The Fourth Estate further revealed that at the time GROWTH 82 Global Ltd was awarded the major contract worth GHS 683 million, the company did not have the required classification to qualify for such a contract.
The Valerie Sawyerr Committee subsequently released a 72-page report containing its findings and recommendations”.
According to The Fourth Estate, the Valerie Sawyerr Committee fell short in conducting the expected investigations.
The news article added, “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?”
@ghnow_ Hon. Ewurabena Aubynn Arranges School Items Ahead of Today’s Donation 🎒📚 #GHnow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
@ghnow_ Hon. Ewurabena Aubynn Arrives for Back-to-School Programme to Support JHS Graduates 🎒📚#GHnow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
