GRA boss should be shunned for working without contract and beyond retirement age – Sam George

• Jan 31, 2024

The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam George, is pressing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to declare Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), persona non grata.

He asserts that Owusu-Amoah has been working without a government contract since October 2021, having exceeded the retirement age, raising concerns about potential illegality in his position. During a recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) session, Sam George highlighted the age-related issues surrounding the GRA Commissioner-General.

In an interview on Citi FM, Sam George expressed his intention to formally write to Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin and the finance committee, urging them not to allow Owusu-Amoah to participate in parliamentary proceedings any longer.

“I know for a fact that the GRA Commissioner-General, since turning 60 years old in October 2021, has not had a contract. This is not the first time I’ve raised this matter directly with the Commissioner-General, drawing his attention to the fact that he’s engaged in illegality,” he said.

He added: “I will be raising this with the Speaker [Alban Bagbin] as well when Parliament reconvenes, drawing the attention of the Speaker and the finance committee to the fact that Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah must be declared persona non grata before PAC. We should not entertain someone who has no legal basis.”

“He has engaged in a number of dubious and unscrupulous contracts. The whole country knows about the $100 SML contract. He has been used to carry out all the legalities for Ken Ofori-Atta [Finance Minister]. Why have they kept Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah in the post, if not that he’s facilitating corruption and blatant stealing at GRA? This must be a cause of worry for all of us.”

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