Lay KPMG audit report on SML-GRA contract before Parliament – Adongo tells Akufo-Addo

Among other findings, KPMG stated that no technical needs assessment was done before the engagement of SML and that SML partially delivered on the service requirements.

It also recommended that the government, acting through the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and GRA, may terminate the contract with or without cause upon giving 120 days written notice before the effective date of termination stated in the Termination Notice.

Mr Adongo in a statement issued on Friday, April 26 said it strikes him as unusual that the report only contains mild suggestions and recommendations despite the abundance of information available to the public regarding the deal.

“I respectfully request that Parliament be furnished with a copy of the KPMG report to aid the Finance Committee’s investigation

It strikes me as unusual that the report only contains mild suggestions and recommendations despite the abundance of information available to the public regarding the SML arrangement,” he stated.

I trust that the President understands that my Parliamentary scrutiny request is founded on section 33 of the PFM Act, which mandates that Parliament authorise contracts with multi-year obligations in the first instance.”

The Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament indicated that for the unsuspecting public, this recent development further reinforces the belief amongst many discerning Ghanaians, that Dr Bawumia and his associates are simply spearheading a corruption-infested digitalisation strategy steeped in delusions and shrewdness.