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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has ruled that former Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, be disqualified from holding any public office for five years and referred to the Attorney-General for prosecution after investigations found him culpable of corruption, fraud, and procurement breaches that caused a financial loss of GHS 8,971,933.43 to the state.
The ruling follows a complaint filed by the Movement for Truth and Accountability (MFTA), a civil society organisation, in August 2022. The group accused Dr. Owusu-Amoah of engaging in fraudulent procurement practices in awarding contracts for the supply of vehicles and logistics to the Authority.
CHRAJ’s investigations revealed that on October 1, 2021, the GRA—under Dr. Owusu-Amoah’s leadership—awarded contracts worth millions of cedis to Ronor Motors Ltd, Sajel Motors & Trading Company Ltd, and Telinno Ghana Ltd through single-source procurement.
According to the Commission, the GRA misled the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) into approving the use of the single-source method under questionable circumstances, breaching provisions of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended.
The findings further indicated that Sajel Motors and Telinno Ghana had no verifiable business locations and had fraudulently entered into separate contracts with Ronor Motors for the supply of the same vehicles. All three companies were also non–tax compliant at the time of the transactions.
CHRAJ described the contracts as being “tainted with fraud and corruption,” noting that the inflated pricing of the vehicles resulted in a financial loss of $826,551 (GHS 8,971,933.43) to the state as of October 27, 2025.
The Commission held that Dr. Owusu-Amoah, as head of the GRA, bore ultimate responsibility for the irregularities that occurred under his supervision. “The Respondent, being the Entity Head, cannot escape liability as he supervised its execution,” CHRAJ stated.
As a result, CHRAJ directed that Dr. Owusu-Amoah be barred from holding public office for five years and referred him, along with the directors of the three companies, to the Attorney-General for possible prosecution and recovery of the lost funds.
Additionally, the Commission recommended that the PPA Board debar Sajel Motors Ltd and Telinno Ghana Ltd from participating in any future government contracts for misrepresenting their capacity to execute the deals.
