The Minority in Parliament has announced plans to invoke Ghana’s Right to Information (RTI) Act to obtain full details of three tax administration agreements recently approved by Parliament.
Ranking Member of Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee and MP for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, disclosed that the Minority will submit formal RTI requests to access documents relating to the agreements, which they believe were approved without adequate scrutiny.
The three agreements, endorsed by Parliament on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, are multi-year expenditure commitments aimed at improving tax collection and revenue mobilisation in Ghana.
They provide the legal framework for the government to engage service providers to implement three major initiatives: the Fiscal Electronic Device (FED) Policy, the Ghana Domestic Revenue Collection Platform, and a Cross-Border E-Commerce VAT Monitoring and Collection System.
According to the government, these projects are intended to modernise tax administration, enhance compliance, improve revenue collection and strengthen oversight of domestic and cross-border commercial transactions.
However, the Minority opposed the approval of the agreements during parliamentary proceedings. Members argued that they were not given sufficient information about the contracts before being asked to approve them, making it impossible to conduct a thorough assessment of their financial and operational implications.
Speaking after the approval, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah explained that the RTI requests would enable the Minority to obtain the complete documentation surrounding the agreements.
He said access to the contracts would allow the caucus to examine their terms, understand the implementation arrangements and evaluate any potential financial burden they could place on the state.
He maintained that Parliament has a responsibility to properly scrutinise expenditure commitments before approving, particularly where long-term public funds are involved.
The Minority believes greater transparency is necessary to ensure accountability and to reassure the public that the agreements represent value for money.
Once the requested documents are received, the caucus says it will conduct its own assessment and determine whether the contracts serve the country’s best interests.
