GRA-SML deal: MFWA files RTI request demanding KPMG report

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has filed a Right to Information (RTI) request demanding the full report of KPMG’s audit into the contract between Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

“The request is specifically for “a copy of the full KPMG Audit Report on the revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) as commissioned by His Excellency the President and which report formed the basis of the recent directives by the President on the said contract,” it read in parts.

President Akufo-Addo directed KPMG to audit the revenue assurance contract in January 2024, following an exposé by The Fourth Estate

The KPMG audit report revealed that despite disapproval from the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), the GRA went ahead to sign a contract with SML.

Private legal practitioner, Martin Kpebu has also described the report as a whitewash, citing issues of conflict of interest due to a relationship between the audit firm and GRA.

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