The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor, has suggested that the Commissioner General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev Amishaddai Owusu-Amoah, may face legal repercussions for continuing in his role without a contract extension from the Ministry of Finance.Rev Amishaddai Owusu-Amoah, who exceeds the age of 60, is mandated by law to possess a valid contract to serve as the GRA boss.

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However, he has been in office for approximately two years without the necessary authorization from the appointing authority.According to Mr. Dafeamekpor, Rev Owusu-Amoah should not be in his position without proper documentation and predicts that legal action will be taken against him.“The collusion and the cronyism and politics is what is eating our system away.

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For this matter if it is not politics, which country will this happen? And he too, it doesn’t bother him to prompt that you must regularize my stay?… People [like Rev Owusu-Amoah] don’t care any longer but a day is coming that they will care,” Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor said in an interview with Okay FM.In an interview with Okay FM, Mr.

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Dafeamekpor expressed concern about the prevailing issues of collusion, cronyism, and politics within the system. He emphasized that in any other country, such a situation would not be tolerated, questioning why Rev Owusu-Amoah has not taken steps to regularize his stay.Mr. Dafeamekpor highlighted the violation of working without a contract, drawing attention to the Auditor General's repeated citations of this issue.

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Despite Rev Owusu-Amoah acknowledging, during a Public Accounts Committee session, that he was over 60 and had been requested by the Finance Minister to continue with a written contract, the government has yet to take immediate steps to regularize his tenure at the GRA, as per Mr. Dafeamekpor's perspective.

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