It will be a major tragedy if Akufo-Addo fails to cancel scandalous SML contract – Sulemana Braimah

The Executive Director of the Media Foundation of West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately authorise the cancellation of the contract with SML Ghana Limited.

In a post on social media, Sulemana Braimah argued that it would be a tragedy if the President fails to cancel the contract.

“Dear President Akufo-Addo, kindly authorise the immediate cancellation of this scandalous contract. It will be a major tragedy if you fail to do this,” the MFWA Executive Director said.

For the Minority in Parliament, the deal should be suspended as a matter of urgency for a probe to be conducted.

Speaking to the media in Parliament, John Jinapor who is Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee argued that the contract is a rip-off and only fills the pockets of greedy politicians and few individuals.

“We do not believe that there is value for money, this contract is a rip-off, this contract only ends up filling the pockets of greedy politicians and individuals,” the Minority MP said.

John Jinapor continued, “We cannot allow the taxpayer to be burdened with such unnecessary contracts that only go a long way to fill the pockets of individuals. So, we would advise, that immediately that contract should be suspended pending a parliamentary investigation. When we go into it and find out that all those allegations are true, we will ensure that this contract is abrogated.”

SML Ghana has come under fire following a documentary by the Fourth Estate dubbed; ‘The GH₵3 billion lie & the billion-dollar contract’.

The documentary released on Monday, December 18, exposes how the company is raking in millions every year from the country for allegedly no work done.

The Fourth Estate in a report said its investigations have disproved wild claims by SML Company that it had helped to save Ghana billions of cedis that would have been lost in the downstream petroleum sector but for its intervention.