Africa-Press – Ghana. The Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has said that the call by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to prosecute persons involved in the award of the contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML), is baseless.
Mr Afenyo-Markin says it is obvious that the NDC have not been following the discussions but are seeking to take political capital out of this issue.
It is recalled that in demanding for the prosecution, the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi also called for the immediate termination of all the illegal contracts entered into between SML and the GRA.
He also called for the retrieval of all payments made by the government to SML under the “illegal agreements” which they said have occasioned a huge financial loss to the State.
“We are also demanding the immediate publication of the full KPMG investigative report on the dealings between SML and the GRA and the prosecution of all persons involved in the award of illegal contracts and the illegal payments thereof, to SML,” Sammy Gyamfi said at a press conference in Accra on Monday April 29.
But addressing a press conference in Accra on Friday May 3, Afenyo-Markin said “Now we are aware that our friends in the NDC are calling for certain prosecutions. I think that they have not paid attention to the whole issue and they only want to do politics as usual. Their call is unfounded for the simple reason that there isn’t any established proof of any officer of state causing financial loss to the state.
NDC demands termination of GRA-SML “illegal” deal; also wants persons involved in the contract prosecuted
“And it is instructive to also note that this company opened its doors to the Mines and Energy Committee to inspect and to see the nature of their operations. What I want to urge our colleagues in the opposition is that they should not kill Ghanaian businesses.
“Often under the guise of due diligence and ensuring that there is transparency, we often get out of control and destroy Ghanaian companies, whereas foreign ones who operate in certain sectors get a kind of protection that makes them develop their business but often Ghanaian businesses suffer,” he stated.
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