The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has announced that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, along with several high-ranking officials, will face charges of corruption and related offenses by the end of November 2025. This announcement follows a thorough investigation into controversial revenue assurance contracts with Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
During a press conference held in Accra on Thursday, October 30, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng stated that the investigation revealed “evidence of serious financial irregularities involving senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as well as individuals associated with 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. Mr. Agyebeng explained that the charges stem from “glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments tied to the SML agreements.”
He noted that SML “lacked both the infrastructure and professional competence to deliver the services it was contracted to provide” and that “there was no genuine need for contracting SML for the work it purported to perform.” The Special Prosecutor further revealed that the OSP is also seeking to recover GHS125 million from SML, describing the amount as “unjust enrichment the company obtained unfairly at the expense of the Republic.”
Mr. Agyebeng noted that the payments to SML were largely automatic and detached from actual performance, while variable percentage-based fees created incentives for the company to inflate figures and earn undeserved payments.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
