Correcting the public record on Ghana Publishing Company Ltd

I do not usually respond to political commentary relating to GPCL on Personal levels. However, recent public statements attributed to Mr. David Asante Boateng concerning my stewardship at Ghana Publishing Company Ltd (GPCL), and the personal comments that have followed, make it necessary for me to correct the public record.

I will not respond to insults with insults. I will set out the facts, invite correction where evidence supports it, and leave the records to speak.

On Monday, 2 November 2026, I attended an invitation at the Presidency to account to the people of Ghana during the Government Accountability Series. During my presentation, I listed the measures we have implemented in the past 18 months under our stewardship at GPCL. Among them were:

1. The implementation of a three-shift system (24-hour economy).

2. The establishment of a teller arrangement with CBG to ensure that all funds go into the bank.

3. The establishment of a modern Digital Press Center.

4. The acquisition of three brand new vehicles, including a Land Cruiser V6 and two Jetour Dashing vehicles.

5. The acquisition of a 550KVA power generating plant.

6. A €1.5 million investment into retooling the production line and the establishment of a security press.

7. The Auditor-General’s 2025 financial statements for GPCL, which showed, among other things, that the company made a GHC 16.9 million profit after tax, compared with GHC 2.4 million in 2024.

8. The establishment of a Quality Control Department to reduce wastage, a Sales and Marketing Department to improve the commercial viability of the company, and a Legal Department to support the company’s legal capacity as the state publisher.

9. Improvements in staff remuneration, including a 40% increase in basic salaries for 2025.

10. A complete facelift of the company.

I also indicated that the company’s current biggest challenge was that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) had recently written to us requesting payment of GHC 22 million in outstanding debt owed due to unpaid Value Added Tax (VAT) from 2020 to 2024.

Mr. Boateng has since publicly disputed the account and suggested that the achievements of GPCL should be attributed to him. I do not intend to engage in a social media exchange of personal attacks. The proper question is a factual one: what do the records show?

I therefore invite Mr. Boateng to confirm or correct the following matters:

1. Confirm or correct whether GPCL received a GRA demand for GHC 22 million in unpaid VAT covering 2020 to 2024, and whether the records show that VAT paid in 2020 and 2024 was zero cedis.

2. Confirm or correct the bank balance at handover in February 2024, and whether salaries were being paid through a bank overdraft.

3. Confirm or correct that the Land Cruiser inherited in 2017 was acquired by Mr. David Dzereke, together with one Coaster bus and three Hyundai i10 vehicles.

4. Confirm or correct whether that Land Cruiser was damaged beyond repair before the 2024 handover, whether insurance had not been paid, and whether the company lost the vehicle completely.

5. Identify which, if any, of the ten achievements listed above is inaccurate or not supported by the records.

6. For each of the ten achievements, state which one was due to action taken during your tenure, and the documentary basis for that claim.

7. Confirm or correct whether, when you assumed office, you acknowledged that Mr. David Dzereke acquired the Land Cruiser you used.

These are not rhetorical questions. They are matters capable of documentary verification.

I will make available the relevant records, including the GRA letter, the Auditor-General’s 2025 financial statements, handover records, bank statements, asset records, insurance records, and payroll approvals, to any independent person who requests them.

If any statement of fact in this post is shown to be inaccurate, I will correct it. I have no interest in a Facebook exchange. I have a job to do, and when I leave I want my deeds to speak for me.

Politics should be a contest of ideas and records, not personalities. Let us respect the people of Ghana, to whom we are all obligated to account for our stewardship.

Thank you.