Akufo-Addo Sacks Customs Boss Who Called SP “Small Boy”

President Nana Akufo-Addo has relieved the Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Col. Kwadwo Damoah (Rtd) of his position.

This follows the expiration of his contract of service as Commissioner (Customs Division) of the Ghana Revenue Authority on 13. October 2021.

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A letter dated 26th August 2022 signed by Nana Asante Bediatuo, Secretary to the President said “the President of the Republic has directed that effective Friday, 26. August, 2022, you hand over your duties and office to the acting Deputy Commissioner (Preventive Service), Mr. Seidu Iddrisu Iddisah, who will act as the Commissioner (Customs Division) pending the President’s substantive appointment.”

The President thanked him for his service to the State and wished him well in his future endeavours

Col. Damoah has recently been in the news after a report by the Special Prosecutor implicated the office of the Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority in corruption-related acts involving Labianca Company Limited.

The OSP recovered GH¢1.074 million from the Company owned by a Council of State member, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh.

The money was recovered as a shortfall of revenue arising from the issuance of the unlawful customs advance, meant to be duties paid to the state following the importation of the frozen foods.

In the wake of the report, some Anti-Corruption groups called for sanctions against the Commissioner.

Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, has described calls for sanctions against him over the report implicating his office in corruption-related acts as unfounded.

Meanwhile, former President John Mahama says the last couple of years under Akufo-Addo has seen unprecedented hardship for the Ghanaian people.

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According to Mahama, Akufo-Addo regime as ‘the greatest political scam in the 4th Republic’.

Mr Mahama was speaking at the Lawyers’ Conference of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Sunday, August 28, when he said the current economic hardship in the country must be placed at the doorstep of President Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr Mahamadu Mahamadu.

But, he said the NDC party will turn the fortunes around if they win power in 2024.

“Ghanaians are looking up to the NDC to restore hope and turn the fortunes of our motherland around from the pitiable state in which we currently find ourselves. At this time, Ghana our motherland is in deep crisis. Our economy is in a dire situation,” he said.