The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has disqualified former GRA Commissioner-General Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah from public office for five years due to corruption, fraud, and procurement breaches, resulting in a financial loss of GH¢8,971,933.43 to the state.
The Commission also directed that Dr. Owusu-Amoah, together with the directors of three companies involved in the transactions, be referred to the Attorney-General for prosecution and recovery of the funds.
The ruling follows a petition filed in August 2022 by the Movement for Truth and Accountability (MFTA), a civil society organisation, which accused the former GRA boss of manipulating procurement processes in the award of contracts for the supply of vehicles and logistics to the Authority.
The CHRAJ investigation revealed that the GRA, under Dr. Owusu-Amoah’s leadership, awarded contracts worth several million cedis to Ronor Motors Ltd, Sajel Motors & Trading Company Ltd, and Telinno Ghana Ltd through single-source procurement on October 1, 2021.
The Commission said the GRA “misled the Public Procurement Authority (PPA)” into approving the single-source method under questionable circumstances, in violation of the Public Procurement Act, 2003 (Act 663) as amended.
It further discovered that Sajel Motors and Telinno Ghana had no verifiable business premises and had fraudulently entered into separate contracts with Ronor Motors to supply the same vehicles.
All three companies were also found to be non-tax compliant at the time.
CHRAJ described the contracts as “tainted with fraud and corruption,” noting that inflated prices resulted in a financial loss of $826,551, equivalent to GH¢8,971,933.43 as of October 27, 2025.
“The Respondent, being the Entity Head, cannot escape liability as he supervised its execution,” the Commission stated in its report, adding that Dr. Owusu-Amoah bore ultimate responsibility for the irregularities.
In addition to the ban, CHRAJ directed the Public Procurement Authority to blacklist Sajel Motors Ltd and Telinno Ghana Ltd from future state contracts for misrepresenting their operational capacity.
It also called on the PPA to strengthen enforcement of the Public Procurement Regulations, 2022 (L.I. 2466), particularly concerning single-source procurement, to prevent future violations and ensure transparency in public contracting.
The ruling has been described as one of the most significant anti-corruption decisions of the year, reinforcing CHRAJ’s mandate to promote accountability and integrity in public service.