By The Majority in Parliament has dismissed demands for the complete disclosure of the KPMG report concerning the GRA and SML contract.
Subsequent to the submission of the audit report on April 24, 2024, a press release from the Presidency disclosed that the total fees disbursed under the contracts from 2018 to the suspension date exceed one billion Ghana cedis. However, SML has refuted this claim.
Consequently, the NDC has joined the chorus urging President Akufo-Addo to publish the entire audit report.
Speaking to reporters, Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin asserted that the full report functions as an advisory document for the President in decision-making, therefore deeming it inappropriate for public release.
“There’s no doubt in our minds, that the document is for advisory purposes, it is an opinion which is guiding Mr. President in decision making. So, it is not within the rights of anybody to demand.
“Much as it is in the law that members of the public have the right to receive public documents for the sake of transparency and good governance. It is also a Bonafide document of the president to give this advice, and opinion to himself,” the Majority Leader said.
