Revenue assurance easiest way to steal from the State – Sam George

Sam George Nettey, MP for Ningo-Prampram, has criticized the concept of Revenue Assurance, calling it a conduit for state looting via private-public collusion.

He highlighted the GRA-SML deal, condemning revenue assurance as a corruption avenue. Nettey, a Public Accounts Committee member, called for the dissolution and reconstitution of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), labeling it corrupt and ineffective.

A KPMG audit revealed SML owed GRA GH¢31.88 million in unpaid taxes and interest, with six service contracts signed without parliamentary or PPA approval, contradicting earlier claims of only three contracts.

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