Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a member of parliament representing the North Tongu constituency, has charged that the government is helping the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, and his family to “run out” of the nation.
According to the President’s instructions, Dr. Ammishaddai signed the contentious agreement between the GRA and Strategic Mobilization Limited (SML), which is currently being audited by the accounting and auditing firm KPMG.
However, the North Tongu MP questioned why, less than a day after President Akufo-Addo ordered an investigation into the matter, the GRA boss and his family were permitted to leave the country.
“SML scandal— why is the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government pretending they haven’t assisted the GRA boss & his family to run out of the country? Can the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government stop the despicable deception that they are seriously investigating the SML/GRA scandal,” he said in an X (formerly Twitter) post.
“President Akufo-Addo must immediately offer a sincere explanation to Ghanaians on the circumstances under which the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Adu Owusu-Amoah who signed the dubious SML contract was allowed to travel out of the country with his entire nuclear family less than 24 hours after Akufo-Addo’s 2nd January, 2024 press statement announcing that KPMG has been tasked to carry out an urgent audit into the sleazy affair,” he stated.
Mr. Ablakwa claims that Dr. Ammishaddai left the country using a regular passport rather than his service passport, demonstrating that he had not left on an official trip.
The Member of Parliament further stated that “continuous tracking appears to paint a picture of a family in no hurry to return to Ghana.”
“The NDC Caucus in Parliament shall be demanding an urgent inquiry into how Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Adu Owusu-Amoah fled Ghana; we shall seek to identify and sanction the conspirators who facilitated his disgraceful escape despite presidential assurances of an urgent high-stakes KPMG audit. We shall be committed to unraveling the subsequent silence, grand deception and attempted cover-up,” he added.
SML SCANDAL— WHY IS THE AKUFO-ADDO/BAWUMIA GOVERNMENT PRETENDING THEY HAVEN’T ASSISTED THE GRA BOSS & HIS FAMILY TO RUN OUT OF THE COUNTRY?
Can the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government stop the despicable deception that they are seriously investigating the SML/GRA scandal.
President… pic.twitter.com/FWGR2ysg0s
— Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa (@S_OkudzetoAblak) January 10, 2024
