The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has recommended that Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, the former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), be disqualified from holding any public office for five years.
Furthermore, CHRAJ has referred him to the Attorney-General for prosecution.
These recommendations follow investigations that uncovered corruption, fraud, and procurement breaches, resulting in a financial loss of GHS 8,971,933.43 to the state.
The investigation was initiated after the Movement for Truth and Accountability (MFTA), a civil society organization, filed a petition against Dr. Owusu-Amoah in August 2022.
The petition accused the former GRA boss of engaging in fraudulent procurement practices in the award of contracts for the supply of vehicles and logistics to the Authority.
Upon investigation, CHRAJ found that the GRA, under Dr. Owusu-Amoah’s leadership, awarded contracts worth millions of cedis to three companies – Ronor Motors Ltd, Sajel Motors & Trading Company Ltd, and Telinno Ghana Ltd – on October 1, 2021, through single-source procurement.
According to CHRAJ, the GRA misled the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) into approving the use of the single-source method under dubious circumstances, contrary to the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended.
Additionally, it was discovered that Sajel Motors and Telinno Ghana had no verifiable business locations and had fraudulently entered into separate contracts with Ronor Motors for the supply of the same vehicles. Moreover, all three companies were found to be non-tax compliant at the time of the transactions.
CHRAJ stated that the contracts were ‘tainted with fraud and corruption,’ and the inflated pricing of the vehicles led to a direct financial loss to the state estimated at $826,551, equivalent to GHS 8,971,933.43 as of October 27, 2025.
The report emphasized that Dr. Owusu-Amoah bore ultimate responsibility for the irregularities that occurred under his supervision, stating that ‘The Respondent, being the Entity Head, cannot escape liability as he supervised its execution.’ CHRAJ called on the Board of the Public Procurement Authority to debar Sajel Motors Ltd and Telinno Ghana Ltd from engaging in any future business with the state or its agencies for their role in misrepresenting their capacity to execute the contracts.
The commission also recommended that the PPA ensure strict enforcement of the Public Procurement Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2466), particularly in relation to single-source procurement, to prevent similar breaches and ensure value for money in public contracts.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
