Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has raised concerns over President Akufo-Addo‘s delay in releasing the outcome of investigations into the controversial KPMG report on the GRA-SML deal.
Kpebu asserts that the prolonged delay since the report was submitted to Akufo-Addo is problematic and should worry Ghanaians.
In an interview on TV3, Kpebu highlighted that if Akufo-Addo continues to stall on making the report public, it could vindicate former President Mahama.
He pointed out the contrast between Mahama’s transparency in releasing the GIDA corruption report and Akufo-Addo’s reluctance with the KPMG report, suggesting a lack of justification for the delay.
“ Mahama made public the GIDA corruption report whereas Akufo-Addo is refusing to make public the KPMG report on the GRA-SML deal. This shows that Mahama is vindicated,” Martin Kpebu stated.
Early this year in January, the President appointed KPMG to audit the contracts entered into between GRA and SML and subsequently directed the Ministry of Finance and GRA to suspend the performance of the contracts, pending the submission of the audit report, including any payments presently envisaged under their terms.
This came after an exposé by the Fourth Estate that alleged that Ghana is paying millions to SML for no work done.
After months of conducting its audit, KPMG on March 27, submitted its audit report to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Director of Communications at the Jubilee House, Eugene Arhin said that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 27th March 2024, received from KPMG its report on the audit conducted on the transactions between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML).
He said the president is studying the findings of the audit report, and will, in due course, make his decisions known to the Ghanaian people.
In a post on his Facebook page, Mr Arihin said “The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 27th March 2024, received from KPMG its report on the audit conducted, at the behest of the President, on the transactions between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML). President Akufo-Addo is studying the findings of the audit report, and will, in due course, make his decisions known to the Ghanaian people.
“It will be recalled that on 2nd January 2024, the President appointed KPMG to audit the contracts entered into between GRA and SML, and subsequently directed the Ministry of Finance and GRA to suspend the performance of the contracts, pending the submission of the audit report, including any payments presently envisaged under their terms.”
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Lawyer Martin Kpebu explains why former president John Mahama will be vindicated if President Akufo-Addo does not release the KPMG report on the controversial GRA-SML deal.#TheKeyPoints pic.twitter.com/gxzltFK9Zv
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