Citizen sues to remove two MPs from Ghana Revenue Authority board

A private citizen has gone to court to challenge the appointment of two sitting Members of Parliament to the board of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), arguing the move breaches Ghana’s revenue laws and creates a conflict of interest.

In a writ filed at the High Court on 17 December 2025, Tassah Tapha Tassah is asking for an order compelling President John Dramani Mahama to revoke the appointments of Madina MP Francis-Xavier Sosu and Pusiga MP Laadi Ayamba as members of the GRA governing board.

The plaintiff’s case is that Section 4(1)(f) of the Ghana Revenue Authority Act, 2009 (Act 791), reserves four seats on the board for representatives from the private sector, two of whom must be women. As elected legislators, Sosu and Ayamba do not meet that description, the suit argues, and therefore cannot lawfully occupy positions earmarked for private sector appointees.

Mr Tassah further contends that placing MPs on the board of an institution over which Parliament exercises oversight raises serious conflict-of-interest concerns. He says the two lawmakers would be involved in decision-making at the GRA board level and later be required, in their parliamentary roles, to scrutinise the very decisions and operations they helped shape.

The statement of claim maintains that this dual role “impairs the oversight function” of the two MPs and undermines transparency and accountability in the management of the revenue authority.

The plaintiff is asking the court to declare the appointments unlawful and unconstitutional, and to order the President to withdraw them and appoint suitably qualified private sector representatives in accordance with Act 791.