The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has ruled that former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, be disqualified from holding any public office for five years and be referred to the Attorney-General for prosecution after investigations revealed corruption, fraud, and procurement breaches resulting in a financial loss of GHS 8,971,933.43 to the state.
The decision follows a complaint lodged by the Movement for Truth and Accountability (MFTA), a civil society organisation, in August 2022. The group accused the former GRA boss of engaging in fraudulent procurement practices in the award of contracts for the supply of vehicles and logistics to the Authority.
According to CHRAJ’s findings, the GRA under Dr. Owusu-Amoah awarded contracts worth millions of cedis to three companies—Ronor Motors Ltd, Sajel Motors & Trading Company Ltd, and Telinno Ghana Ltd—on October 1, 2021, through single-source procurement.
The Commission determined that the GRA misled the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) into approving the use of the single-source method under dubious circumstances, contrary to the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended.
Investigations also revealed that Sajel Motors and Telinno Ghana had no verifiable business locations and had fraudulently entered into separate contracts with Ronor Motors for the supply of the same vehicles. Moreover, all three companies were found to be non-tax compliant at the time of the transactions.
The contracts, CHRAJ said, were “tainted with fraud and corruption,” and the inflated pricing of the vehicles led to a direct financial loss to the state estimated at $826,551, equivalent to GHS 8,971,933.43 as of October 27, 2025.
CHRAJ held that as head of the GRA, Dr. Owusu-Amoah bore ultimate responsibility for the irregularities that occurred under his supervision. “The Respondent, being the Entity Head, cannot escape liability as he supervised its execution,” the report stated.
The Commission, therefore, directed that Dr. Owusu-Amoah be barred from holding any public office for five years and referred him, along with the directors of the three companies, to the Attorney-General for possible prosecution and recovery of the lost funds.
Additionally, CHRAJ has called on the Board of the Public Procurement Authority to debar Sajel Motors Ltd and Telinno Ghana Ltd from engaging in any future business with the state or its agencies for their role in misrepresenting their capacity to execute the contracts.
The Commission further urged the PPA to ensure strict enforcement of the Public Procurement Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2466), particularly in relation to single-source procurement, to prevent similar breaches and ensure value for money in public contracts.
This decision marks one of the most significant anti-corruption rulings of the year and underscores CHRAJ’s continuing role in promoting accountability and transparency within Ghana’s public institutions.
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