The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has responded to media reports suggesting that Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd. (SML) has been granted an expanded mandate to oversee revenue assurance in Ghana’s upstream petroleum and solid minerals sectors.
The GRA categorically stated that the suspension of SML’s services in the upstream petroleum and mineral sectors, which was instituted pending further review in April 2024, remains in effect.
In a press release dated May 14, 2025, the GRA expressed concern over publications in various online news outlets and print media, including Business and Financial Times and Graphic Online, which claimed that SML had commenced new operations in these sectors.
The authority emphasised that no directive has been issued for SML to activate or resume operations under the 2023 Consolidation of Revenue Assurance Services Contract related to these sectors.
“GRA has not instructed SML to activate or resume operations under the 2023 Consolidation of Revenue Assurance Services Contract covering those sectors,” the statement noted.
Reaffirming its position, the GRA assured stakeholders and the general public of its unwavering commitment to safeguarding national revenue with integrity and transparency and dismissed the media reports as inaccurate.
CBN
