President John Dramani Mahama has expressed profound confidence in the Ghana Publishing Company Limited’s (GPCL) ambitious drive to establish itself as a pre-eminent printing brand within Ghana. His remarks, made during interactions with the Board and Management of GPCL, underscored the state-owned firm’s successful repositioning as a competitive entity in the broader printing industry. The President lauded GPCL's current trajectory, highlighting its significant shift from a traditional government utility to a commercially viable enterprise capable of rivalling private sector firms. This transformation, he noted, is crucial amidst the government's broader reforms aimed at strengthening state-owned enterprises and reducing their dependency on public funds, serving as a testament to the power of strategic leadership, innovation, and operational discipline in ensuring long-term sustainability for public institutions.

Further solidifying GPCL's enhanced capabilities and role, President Mahama announced a pivotal decision to allocate a substantial share of upcoming government printing contracts to the company. These contracts include the crucial production of textbooks and learning materials destined for basic schools nationwide. This strategic move is integral to the government's efforts to bolster GPCL’s operational capacity and support its ongoing retooling and expansion initiatives. President Mahama revealed that a consensus had been reached with the Minister of Education and the Minister of Finance to prioritize GPCL for major education-related printing jobs, a decision intended to deepen GPCL’s engagement in national projects while simultaneously improving efficiency, expanding its operations, and generating more employment opportunities.

The commitment to GPCL is explicitly reinforced by provisions within the 2026 Budget, which officially designated the company as the country’s primary state printer. This mandate empowers GPCL to spearhead the production of materials for the government’s newly unveiled nationwide free textbook programme. Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson presented this initiative during the 2026 Budget presentation in Parliament on Thursday, November 13. Under this comprehensive programme, approximately one million kindergarten learners are projected to receive four sets of books and workbooks each. Additionally, two million primary school pupils will be supplied with four sets of textbooks, and one million Junior High School (JHS) 3 students will receive nine different textbooks. Significantly, all these educational materials are slated for production by Ghana Publishing Company Limited, underscoring its central role in national education reform.

Adding to its transformative journey, President Mahama officially commissioned a new ultra-modern digital printing centre at GPCL. This event marked a major milestone in the company’s retooling and modernisation efforts. The state-of-the-art facility is set to dramatically increase GPCL’s production capacity, drastically reduce turnaround times, and significantly enhance its capability to deliver high-quality, time-sensitive printing services for both government and private sector clients. During the commissioning ceremony, President Mahama commended GPCL's leadership for their foresight in investing in advanced technology, which he believes will restore the company’s relevance as a vital national asset. He emphasized that the digital centre will also empower GPCL to more effectively execute key national assignments, including the printing of official state documents, and, crucially, the aforementioned textbooks and learning materials, along with other large-scale public sector jobs. This strategic investment aligns seamlessly with the government’s broader Reset Agenda, which seeks to revitalise state-owned enterprises, improve overall productivity, and foster greater efficiency across all public institutions. The establishment of this centre further solidifies GPCL’s positioning as a forward-looking state enterprise, perfectly poised to support the government’s 24-hour economy policy and Ghana’s wider industrialisation objectives.