The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has demanded an immediate retraction of a publication by Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa and the website ghextractives.com and from all media platforms alleging that the Commissioner General, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has absconded.
GRA is also demanding an unqualified apologies from Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and ghextractives.com for the misrepresentation of facts.
In a statement, GRA stated that its attention has been drawn to a Facebook post by Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and an online publication by ghextractives.com on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, captioned, “Ablakwa writes: GRA boss “absconds” over SML/GRA investigations”.
Management of the GRA categorically stated that the Commissioner-General of GRA, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has not absconded as stated in the said publication.
“The Commissioner-General is currently on a scheduled six (6) day leave which had been approved a month ago. Rev. Dr. Owusu-Amoah will resume work on Monday, 15th January, 2024. While on leave, every engagement that is required of him or GRA in the Audit by KPMG is being diligently attended to either by himself or one of the commissioners.
“Management of the GRA finds the publication to be a total misrepresentation of facts. It is a malicious, sensational, misleading and deliberate attempt to damage the reputation of the Commissioner-General, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and the GRA as a whole.
“Management of GRA wishes to assure the public that we are committed to our mandate of revenue mobilization with integrity, fairness and professionalism,” GRA stated in a communication issued by the Communication and Public Affairs Unit.
