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Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has filed a Right to Information (RTI) application with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), demanding evidence of Rock City’s Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax clearance certificate.
He is also requesting a copy of the full evaluation report and minutes from all tender committee meetings.
Mr. Ablakwa shared this development in a Facebook post on Monday, June 24.
“My RTI request to SSNIT demands the following information: 1) Evidence of Rock City’s GRA Tax Clearance Certificate, as Rock City could not have produced a valid one during the tender because they had not filed their tax returns for 2021 and 2022. According to the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896) and SSNIT’s own Pre-Qualification Criteria (attached), the Rock City bid should have been disqualified; 2) I am also requesting a copy of the full evaluation report. The minutes of all tender committee meetings have also been demanded,” he stated.
The North Tongu MP expects SSNIT to “comply with the RTI law and provide the requested information in the spirit of transparency and accountability, as required for my constitutional mandate of parliamentary oversight.”
“I will keep everyone updated on the outcome. State capture shall be defeated! #HandsOffOurHotels. For God and Country, Ghana First,” he added.
