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- 1 2 "State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA)". State Enterprise Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
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- ↑ Oxford Business Group (7 September 2013). The Report: Ghana 2013. p. 126. ISBN 9781907065897.