SML lawyer accuses Ken Ofori-Atta of being responsible for company’s early financial challenges
The legal representative for Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), Cephas Boyuo, has accused former Finance Minister Ken Ofori‑Atta of doing a disservice to the performance-based contract between SML and the government.
Boyuo says that for the first ten months after the contract’s inception, SML received no payments, despite delivering under the terms.
“If there is one person who has been a disservice to SML, it is Ofori-Atta. This contract is performance-based. For 10 months from the inception of SML, they were never paid.”
According to Boyuo, the payment delays were caused by audit requirements before the release of funds, which he claims crippled SML’s finances in the early phase.
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He further alleged that Ofori-Atta refused to grant SML the necessary equipment exemptions, leaving the company to shoulder high costs.
“Every piece of equipment that SML brought in, Ken Ofori-Atta refused to give SML an exemption. SML paid for it,” he said.
Boyuo stressed this disproves claims that Ofori-Atta had an interest in the firm, emphasising that SML is “independent … wholly for Evans Adusei.”
The accusations add to the growing controversy around the SML contract, which is currently subject to investigations by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) for alleged irregularities in the deal between SML and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
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