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Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and a number of high-ranking officials will be charged with corruption and corruption-related offenses before the end of November 2025, according to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
This comes after a thorough investigation into contentious revenue assurance contracts with Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited (SML). Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng made the announcement during a press conference in Accra on Thursday, October 30.
“Evidence of serious financial irregularities involving top officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as well as individuals connected to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).”
According to Mr. Agyebeng, those expected to be charged include former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, Ernest Akorie, former Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance, Emmanuel Kofi Nti and Ami Shadai Owusu Amoah, former Commissioners-General of the GRA.
The rest are Isaac Crentsil, former Commissioner of the Customs Division of the GRA and General Manager for SML, and Col. (Rtd.) Kojo Damoah, former Commissioner of the Customs Division of the GRA and Member of Parliament for Dzaman South.
“The outcome of the investigation is that the OSP will charge the following persons with various corruption and corruption-related offences before the end of November 2025,” he said.
The charges are related to “glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments tied to the SML agreements,” Mr. Agyebeng clarified.
He stated that “there was no genuine need for contracting SML for the work it purported to perform” and that SML “lacked both the infrastructure and professional competence to deliver the services it was contracted to provide.”
The OSP is also pursuing GHS125 million from SML, the Special Prosecutor disclosed, characterizing the sum as “unjust enrichment the company obtained unfairly at the expense of the Republic.”
Mr. Agyebeng pointed out that fluctuating percentage-based fees encouraged the company to falsify numbers and get unjustified payments, while the majority of SML’s payments were automatic and unrelated to real performance.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
