A private Ghanaian citizen and lawyer has initiated legal action against four individuals, including two Members of Parliament, over their appointment to the board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The plaintiff, identified in the writ as Tassah Tapha Tassah, is asking the High Court to order President John Dramani Mahama to remove the two lawmakers, Francis Xavier Sosu and Laadi Ayamba, from the GRA board.

He argues that they cannot be appointed as board members because they are not private individuals, as required under the Ghana Revenue Authority Act, 2009 (Act 791).

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The writ, filed on December 17, 2025, and shared by TheLawPlatform and sighted by GhanaWeb, indicates that the plaintiff is seeking a court declaration that, “appointing elected Members of Parliament to the Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority, which is under Parliament's oversight, weakens transparency, accountability, and the proper functioning of the Authority.”

The plaintiff argued that the GRA Act (2009), among other provisions, mandates the President to appoint the following persons to the governing board: a Chairperson; the Commissioner-General of the Authority; a representative of the Ministry of Finance not below the rank of Director; a representative of the Ministry of Trade and Industry not below the rank of Director; the Governor of the Bank of Ghana or a representative of the Governor not below the rank of Deputy Governor; and four persons from the private sector, two of whom must be women.

According to him, the appointment of the two MPs to represent the private sector contravenes the GRA Act, specifically Section 4(1) of Act 791.

He stated that both Laadi Ayamba and Francis Xavier Sosu, being elected Members of Parliament, cannot be appointed under Section 4(1)(f) as representatives of the private sector.

“… The Plaintiff avers that appointing the elected Members of Parliament as members of the governing Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority impairs the oversight function of the 2nd and 3rd Defendants as Members of Parliament.

“The Plaintiff avers that the elected Members of Parliament who have been appointed on the Board of Ghana Revenue Authority will take decisions on the Boards and thereafter exercise parliamentary oversight over the same institution thereby festering conflict of interest situations,” portions of the writ read.

He is therefore praying the court for:

“that upon a true and proper construction of the Ghana Revenue Authority Act, Act 791, particularly Section 4(1)f and 28 thereof, the 2nd and 3rd Defendants cannot be appointed onto the Governing Board of the Ghana Revenue Authority as representatives of the private sector.”

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He is also seeking:

“A consequential order directed at the president to remove the 2nd and 3rd Defendants and replace them with participants in the private sector and a declaration that appointing elected Members of Parliament to the Board of Ghana Revenue Authority which is under Parliament's oversight, weakens transparency, accountability and the proper functioning of the said Authority.”

Read the writ below:



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