Newsfile to discuss SOEs’ GH¢19.8bn profit, dissolution of 9 governing boards, CJ’s visits to SOEs and alleged rejection of GH¢70k gift

Meanwhile, the performance of Ghana’s public institutions has dragged the Chief Justice into an unexpected political controversy.

This Saturday on Newsfile, we put Ghana’s State-Owned Enterprises under the microscope as questions of performance, accountability, political control and institutional independence take centre stage.

Then, just as the impressive figures are being celebrated, President Mahama has dissolved the governing boards of nine major state institutions, including BOST, VALCO, CBG, GNPC, Ghana Post, TDC and the National Sports Authority, with indications that changes involving some SOE chief executives could follow.