The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed 78 charges against eight individuals, including former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, over their alleged roles in the controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
Those set to face prosecution include former GRA Commissioner-Generals Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, as well as senior GRA officials Isaac Crentsil and Kwadwo Damoa. Ernest Akore, a former Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, SML’s owner, Evans Adusei, and SML are also among the accused.
The charges come after months of investigations by the OSP, which uncovered alleged corruption, abuse of office, and procurement breaches in the award and execution of the SML-GRA contracts.
According to Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, evidence gathered by his office “points to criminal conduct” by some officials during the negotiation, approval, and implementation of the contracts.
The 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.
