The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed 78 charges against eight individuals, including former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, in connection with controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML).
Among those facing prosecution are former GRA Commissioner-Generals Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, along with senior GRA officials Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoa. Also charged are Ernest Akore, a retired Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, SML’s owner, Evans Adusei, and the company itself, SML.
The charges follow months of investigations by the OSP, which uncovered alleged corruption, abuse of office, and procurement breaches in the negotiation and execution of the SML-GRA contracts.
Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng stated that evidence gathered by his office “points to criminal conduct” by some officials during the awarding and implementation of the contracts.
The 78 charges include conspiracy to commit the criminal offence of directly or indirectly influencing the procurement process to obtain an unfair advantage in the award of a procurement contract.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
