Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, has said it takes extreme wickedness for the former finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to sign contracts like Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML).
According to Manasseh, it takes extreme wickedness against one’s nation and its people to sign contracts like SML.
He detailed that the former finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, masterminded the dubious contract.
In a post on X, Manasseh Azure Awuni detailed, “This man masterminded a dubious contract that said that SML should have a fixed percentage of revenue from:
1. Every litre of petroleum product you buy anywhere in Ghana.
2. Every barrel of oil Ghana produces.
3. Every ounce of gold Ghana produces.
4. Additional revenue from imported goods at the ports and harbours of Ghana”.
He added, “But for our investigation that ensured that the 2023 consolidated contract did not take off, SML would have been entitled to over 500 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS for the first five years. The contract was renewable for another five years.
“Ladies and Gentlemen, it is not for nothing that Kwesi Pratt Jnr said SML was the “mother of all scandals” in the scandal-ridden Akufo-Addo administration”, his post concluded.
Meanwhile, the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has revealed his outfit seeks to recover ₵125 million from the controversial revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited).
SML, which was contracted to perform the dubious auditing and revenue assurance services, is not licensed to perform the services, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ghana. The company had no prior experience and lacked the capacity to perform the contracts, for which reason the PPA denied the approval on three separate occasions, but the GRA pushed through”.
In a detailed press briefing, Kissi Agyebeng revealed that the SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited), which aimed to provide revenue assurance services in the petroleum, mining, and liquid bulk distribution (LBD) sectors, lacked a legitimate operational requirement.
According to Kissi Agyabeng, both Ofori-Atta and SML management were criminally minded in their operations.
He emphasised that the OSPs’ investigation established that the SML contract was not grounded in any genuine operational need, adding that the payment made to SML was a misuse of public funds.
Kissi Agyabeng, addressing a press conference on Thursday, October 30, revealed that the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) lacked both the tools and technical competence to execute the audit and revenue assurance services that it was contracted to perform for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
He highlighted that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) uncovered glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments.
Also, Kissi Agyebeng has announced that he will press charges against several individuals implicated in the controversial SML revenue assurance contracts.
According to Kissi Agyebeng, he will press charges against the individual implicated in the controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) by the end of November 2025.
The Special Prosecutor named, former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, former Commissioner-Generals of the GRA — Rev Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, also GRA officials, Isaac Crentsil, and Kwadwo Damoa. A former member of the Finance Ministry, Ernest Akore, are expected to be charged before the end of November 2025.
The OSP decision comes after months of investigations uncovering alleged acts of corruption, abuse of office, and breaches of procurement laws in the award and execution of the SML-GRA contracts.
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It takes extreme wickedness to sign contracts like Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML)… – Manasseh Azure (Investigative Journalist)#GHOneNews #EIBNetwork#GHOneTV #NewsAlert pic.twitter.com/zvtQhPv3YC
— GHOne TV (@ghonetv) October 30, 2025