{"id":176713,"date":"2024-04-29T22:47:16","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/29\/publish-full-kpmg-audit-report-on-gra-sml-contract\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T22:47:16","slug":"publish-full-kpmg-audit-report-on-gra-sml-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/29\/publish-full-kpmg-audit-report-on-gra-sml-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Publish full KPMG audit report on GRA-SML contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has joined calls for President Akufo-Addo to publish the full audit report by KPMG on the contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">President Akufo-Addo ordered KPMG to audit the contract between the two entities on January 2, 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following the submission of the audit\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">report,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> on April 24, 2024, a press statement from the Presidency revealed that total fees paid under the contracts from 2018 to the date of suspension amount to over one billion Ghana cedis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking at the Moment of Truth series, National Communications Officer for the NDC, Sammi Gyamfi, said <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">all monies paid to SML must be retrieved<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He added that persons involved in the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">contract<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0must be arrested\u00a0and\u00a0prosecuted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThe NDC demands the immediate publication of the full KPMG investigative report on the dealings between SML and the GRA. Mr President, why are you hiding that report? That report was conducted and put together by KPMG after their investigation at the expense of the Ghanaian taxpayer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cKPMG did not do that work for free<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, they<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> were paid by the Ghanaian taxpayer\u2026so why are you keeping that report like a CIA confidential report in your drawer in your office?\u201d he questioned.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Among other demands, the party contends that\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">all contracts between SML and GRA must be terminated<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cWe in the NDC here demand the immediate termination of all, not some, all illegal contracts entered between SML and the GRA.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">we<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0are talking about their transaction audit agreements,\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">their<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0external price verification agreements and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">their<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0downstream petroleum audit agreements<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2026<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Also, \u201cthe retrieval of all payments by the government to SML under the illegal agreement has occasioned a huge financial loss to the state. Once the agreements are <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">illegal<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0then the state cannot respect those agreements<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2026<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">an agreement signed in contravention of the laws of this country cannot stand the test of law in this country <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">therefore<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">any payment made under this village agreement must be retrieved<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has joined calls for President Akufo-Addo to publish the full audit report by KPMG on the contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).\u00a0 President Akufo-Addo ordered KPMG to audit the contract between the two entities on January 2, 2024.\u00a0 Following the submission of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":176714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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