The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is set to press charges against several individuals implicated in the controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) by the end of November 2025.
Those expected to face prosecution include former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, former Commissioner-Generals of the GRA — Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti — as well as GRA officials, Isaac Crentsil, and Kwadwo Damoa. Ernest Akore, former Technical Advisor at the Ministry of Finance, will also be charged by the Special Prosecutor.
The decision follows months of investigations by the OSP, which uncovered alleged acts of corruption, abuse of office, and breaches of procurement laws 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 on the part of some officials during the negotiation, approval, and implementation of the contracts. The OSP is expected to formally announce the specific charges and commence legal proceedings in the coming weeks.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Thursday, October 30, Mr. Agyebeng said the OSP’s investigation had revealed glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments tied to the SML agreements.
“There was no genuine need for contracting SML for the work it purported to perform,” the Special Prosecutor stated.
He described the SML contracts as “blighted by statutory breaches,” adding that the company lacked both the infrastructure and professional competence to deliver the services it was contracted to provide.
According to Mr. Agyebeng, the GRA also failed to submit the full agreements between SML and its third-party collaborators — a major lapse, he said, that undermined transparency and accountability in the entire process.
SML lacked tools and competence to run audit and revenue assurance services – OSP
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