Razak Kojo Opoku, Founder and President of Concerned Voters Movement
The Concerned Voters Movement (CVM), has called on the government to review the contract of Mr. Kojo Graham's Lot Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited at National Lottery Authority (NLA) to save more revenue for the state.
Speaking to the media on November 2, 2017 in Takoradi, the Founder and President of Concerned Voters Movement (CVM), Mr. Razak Kojo Opoku, said if President Akufo-Addo, Ministry of Finance and the Board of NLA do not review the nature of contracts of Mr. Kojo Graham's Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited, according to Mr. Kojo Opoku, there is absolutely no way the Board and Management of NLA led by Mr. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw will succeed to implement President Akufo-Addo's vision of revenue maximization for development and jobs creation.
Mr. Kojo Opoku also accused Mr. Kojo Graham of being a supporter of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and therefore doing everything possible to sabotage the efforts of the Board and Management of the NLA.
"As usual, Mr. Kojo Graham supported by the NDC members and the Deputy Director-General of NLA, Mr. Yaw Amoakohene Baafi appointed by the NPP Government are doing everything possible to sabotage the efforts of the Board and Management of the NLA".
He added that it doesn't make sense for the NLA to pay Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited much more money than what the NLA pays into the Consolidated Fund.
"The NLA has been and continue to operate to the utmost benefit of Mr. Kojo Graham's Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited
Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited have been enjoying 6% commission on the gross sales of NLA on daily basis".
According to him, John Mahama's Administration created a monster at the National Lottery Authority (NLA) with Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited.
"To continue to protect their business interest at the NLA, Mr. Kojo Graham Lots Services Ghana Limited are employing the strategy of blackmail as a tool to run down the board and Kofi Osei-Ameyaw.
President Akufo-Addo's government is too wise to fall for the lies of Mr. Kojo Graham Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited. The NPP government is not as vulnerable as the John Mahama's Administration.
We entreat the Ministry of Finance, the board, and management of NLA led by Kofi Osei-Ameyaw to demonstrate good leadership by reviewing and possibly terminate the contract of Mr. Kojo Graham Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited.
The NLA cannot continue to work to enrich individuals at the detriment of the nation. NLA on monthly basis pays Mr. Kojo Graham Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited around GHS 8million as against the NLA monthly profit of less than GHS 2 million. This mode of transaction is seriously bleeding the NLA and the Nation. NLA is only working to enrich and financially empowers Mr. Kojo Graham.
According to our information, these mafia companies are spreading falsehood as well as threatening to mafia Kofi Osei-Ameyaw and the Board members of NLA because they have decided to review the nonsense contract of Lots Services Ghana Limited and Simnet Ghana Limited.
CVM would like to urge the Ministry of Finance and the NLA to sack all the mafia cartel & saboteurs of President Akufo-Addo's Vision at the NLA by the end of 30th November 2017", he revealed.
