There Was No Genuine Need for Contracting SML- OSP

According to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), there were no grounds for the contracting of Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML) for a revenue assurance contract by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ministry of Finance.

At a presser on October 30, 2025, Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng said their findings suggested that the deal was secured through self-serving official patronage, sponsorship and promotion based on false and unverified claims.

“There was no genuine need for Contracting SML FOR the obligations it purported to perform.”

He revealed that their contract had statutory breaches as mandatory approvals were “wantonly disregarded” by relevant officials who acted with “increased and emboldened impunity”.

In addition, it found that there was no established financial management system for monitoring their verification to ensure that the Republic was obtaining the value for the money it was paying to SML.

The said payment channels to SML were found to be set on automatic mode, detached from actual performance, causing financial loss to the public.

He noted that a total of GH¢1,436,249,828.53 was paid by the government of Ghana as of December 2024.

These findings, he said, resulted from extensive surveillance, comprehensive review and analysis of hundreds of relevant documents at Ministry of Finance, Ghana Revenue Authority and Public Procurement Authority.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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