Presidency released SML report to divert attention from SSNIT-Rock City saga - Bridget Otoo

Outspoken media personality Bridget Otoo has shared her thoughts on the recently publicized KPMG audit report on the controversial agreements and transactions between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Limited (SML).

She questioned the government's delay in releasing the report despite numerous requests for public access that were turned down.

According to her, she suspects that the Presidency's release of the report is a tactic to shift public focus away from the controversy surrounding the sale of hotel shares owned by the state-run Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong's Rock City Hotel Limited.

Bridget noted that such a diversionary strategy by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's administration is not conducive to the country's fight against corruption.

"So the presidency is coming to use the SML report to divert your attention from the SSNIT hotel takeover!" she wrote on X.

Her comment was in response to the Presidency's decision to adhere to the demands of some concerned citizens for the release of the KPMG audit report on the dealings between GRA and SML.

Before this development, the transaction involving SSNIT's sale of a 60% stake in state-owned hotels to Bryan Acheampong's firm was a hot topic, brought to the limelight by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu.

Nevertheless, the minister has denied claims of owning the company that is negotiating with SSNIT to sell the hotels.

Read the tweet below:

So the presidency is coming to use the SML report to divert your attention from the SSNIT hotel take over! #SSNITStopTheSaleNow

— Bee (@Bridget_Otoo) May 22, 2024