President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has finally issued two letters of appointment covering 27 months in office to former Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Commissioner Dr. Amishadayi Owusu-Amoah upon the expiration of his term. It became clear. employment contract.
The then GRA boss remained in the job for around 27 months after reaching retirement age without a contract in his name, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has revealed.
The President then removed Pastor Amishadai Owusu-Amoah from his post as GRA Director-General on March 27, 2024, following some public concerns over his tenure.
However, the president subsequently issued two separate letters of appointment to cover the period in question, according to a document shared by opposition North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
The first of the two letters, both dated March 26, 2024, was issued by the Presidential Secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo, granting Pastor Amishadai Owusu-Amoah a two-year extension of service.
βWe would like to inform you that the President has granted you a two-year extension of your term as Commissioner of the Ghana Revenue Authority from 11 October 2021 to 10 October 2023,β the first letter read. was.
The second letter was also dated March 26, 2024 and read, βI would like to inform you that the President has granted me a further extension of my term as Commissioner of the Ghana Revenue Authority from October 11, 2023 to March 31, 2024. It was written, βI will.β
Mr. Ablakwa described the President’s actions as shocking, stressing that the President is keen to protect Pastor Amishadai Owusu Amoah at all costs.
Africa’s sustainable development pressure group Mass Action recently announced its intention to take legal action against the former GRA boss over his tenure without a contract.
Atiku Mohammed, the group’s executive director, said the court would have to decide whether Dr. Owusu Amoah was right to receive his salary for that period without an employment contract.
βWe need to look at the law on these issues and be confident that if the law says our money they took is correct, then we can part with it. But if you actually don’t have a contract you can’t use our money and you end up receiving it, if you have the money, you have to face the law,” he said. .
According to Atiku, the issue cannot be kept in the dark as it has caused financial loss to the state.
βItβs not enough to say youβve been fired and youβre going to go home and itβs all going to end there.
“What happened to the 27 months you were receiving a salary without a contract? How do you justify this?” he asked.
Ga/Sarah