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

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has submitted a Right to Information (RTI) application to the Presidency, seeking the full KPMG audit report on the revenue mobilisation agreement between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).

The President commissioned KPMG to audit the contract between the two organisations on January 2, 2024.

The audit disclosed that SML had received a total of GH¢1,061,054,778.00 from 2018 to date while partially fulfilling its obligations.  The report, however, revealed that the work of SML had increased revenue in the downstream petroleum sector.

In a post on Thursday, Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director of MFWA, emphasised that the foundation had lodged an RTI request with the presidency for the complete KPMG Audit Report.

He expressed hope that the president would comply with the law and release the report to them.

“Yesterday, we submitted a formal RTI Request to the Office of the President for a copy of the full KPMG Audit Report

Meanwhile, Bright Simons, Vice President of IMANI Africa, has questioned President Akufo-Addo’s comments on the KPMG audit report of the revenue mobilisation deal between the GRA and SML.