History of SIGA
Our journey is one woven from vision, grit and seizing the right opportunities at the right time with an eye on the future.
1965
State Enterprise Secretariat
The beginning of what is now SIGA is traceable to the State Enterprise Secretariat (SES), which was incorporated under Legislative Instrument (L.I. 47).
1976
First State Enterprises Commission
Established by the Supreme Military Council Decree 10 (SMCD 10) to supervise the operations of statutory corporations.
1981
State Enterprises Commission Act
The Government of the 3rd Republic through the enactment of Act 433 replaced the Commission with a new one.
1987
PNDC Law 170
The Commission was charged to promote efficient and profitable operation of the SOEs, utilizing the tools of corporate planning, performance contracting, monitoring and evaluation.
2006
Subvented Agencies Act
Subvented organizations to be transformed into commercial entities were added to the SOEs under the Commission’s purview.
2017
Single Entity Initiative
Government committed to establish a Single Entity to oversee the various SOEs, based on Corporate Governance Assessments.
2019 - present
Birth of SIGA
Parliament passed the Bill into Law (Act 990) in April and the President assented to it in June, giving birth to SIGA.
SIGA Today
SIGA seeks to facilitate performance management in SOEs and other prescribed bodies, within the framework of Government policy, to ensure that they operate efficiently, effectively and profitably thereby contributing towards the socio-economic development of Ghana.
