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Cephas Boyuo, solicitor for the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), has revealed that the company has submitted a detailed response to President John Dramani Mahama regarding his directive to terminate all contracts.
According to Cephas Boyuo, the documents presented to the President and A-G would help them appreciate the matters and form a fair, independent opinion.
Speaking to journalists in Accra on Friday, November 7, Cephas Boyuo stated, “Earlier this afternoon, we delivered a comprehensive response to the President on his directive for the contract between the Ministry of Finance, GRA, and SML to be terminated, which hinged largely on the report of the OSP.
“In the letter submitted to the President and also to the Attorney General, we provided documentary evidence to each and every paragraph and elaborated on the true and accurate picture of the GRA-Ministry of Finance-SML contract,” Boyuo said.
“We are confident that a review of the documents presented to the President and the Attorney-General would help them appreciate the matters and form a fair, independent opinion on the termination directive,” he added.
On Friday, October 31, 2025, President John Dramani Mahama directed the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, to terminate all existing contracts between the Government and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
This follows the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) concluding its probe into the dubious contracts awarded to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML).
Dr Callistus Mahama, in a letter, instructed the Finance Minister to take immediate steps to end all contractual arrangements involving SML, the revenue assurance company.
Manasseh Azure Awuni, an investigative journalist, has reacted to President John Dramani Mahama’s cancellation of the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) under the Akufo-Addo administration, highlighting that the cancellation saves the country over $500 million.
In a post on X, he wrote, “Over $500 Million or GHS5 Billion + has been saved from the cancellation of SML’s dubious contracts. One day at a time.”
Furthermore, Manasseh Azure Awuni 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 has 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 in relation to the controversial revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited).