The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says it did not invite the Economic and Organised Crime Organisation (EOCO) to investigate its (GRA) dealings with businessman, Ibrahim Mahama.
Mr Mahama, a younger brother of former President John Mahama, has been under investigations by the EOCO for issuing 44 dud cheques to the Customs Division of the GRA in 2015.
The cheques, totalling 10 million cedis, were to settle the payment of duties on some heavy-duty equipment imported into the country by Mr Mahama.
Questions have been raised about EOCOs intervention and why the GRA failed to use its powers to collect the money over the past two years.
In an interview on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Monday, Assistant Commissioner for Communication of GRA, Robert Mensah, explained EOCO's investigation was not at the behest of GRA, but may well be as a result of information the anti-graft body gathered itself.
"EOCO is an institution which has its own rules and based on information gathered by their intelligence or some individuals or the government itself, they acted", but "we did not invite them because we have our own processes to deal with such matters"
Explaining the circumstances surrounding the dud cheques, Mr Mensah said the debt was incurred through MBG Ltd. and Holman Brothers, subsidiaries of Engineers and Planners owned by Ibrahim Mahama
According to the GRA Assistant Commissioner for Communication, a settlement arrangement to pay Gh¢800, 000 per month, from December 2016 to December 2017 was not adhered to by the businessman.
He warned Mr Mahama to settle his Gh¢10, 409, 492.86 indebtedness to the Authority or face a possible auctioning off of his assets to defray the debt.
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