By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The Director of Communications at the Office of the President, Mr. Eugene Arhin says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has rejected a request made by the Ghana Revenue Authority GRA) asking the president to allow the continuation of a contract between the authority and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).
According to him the president has directed that the status quo, with respect to the suspension of the performance of the contract, should remain in effect until the completion of the audit and, subsequent, submission of the audit report.
The Director of Communications at the Office of the President, in a statement issued on Wednesday 24th January 2024 said “President Akufo-Addo had taken note of the request made by GRA, asking for his permission to allow the monitoring system installed and used by SML to continue, notwithstanding the suspension of its GRA-related operations.
The President has denied GRA’s request and has directed that the status quo, with respect to the suspension of the performance of the contract, should remain in effect until the completion of the audit and, subsequent, submission of the audit report by KPMG,” he added.
The President has also extended the period within which KPMG is to complete its audit on the transaction between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML) from the initial date of Tuesday, 16th January 2024, to a new date of Friday, 23rd February 2024.
This follows a request made by KPMG to the President, requesting an extension of the two weeks deadline originally given to the company to undertake the assignment,” the statement stated.
