The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology, and Innovation, Sam Nartey George, has disclosed that the terms of the government’s agreement with Smart Infraco Limited have been submitted to the Attorney-General’s Department for legal advice.
This follows concerns raised in the Auditor-General’s 2024 report about financial irregularities involving the private company, which was contracted to commercialise the country’s excess e-government infrastructure capacity.
According to the report, Smart Infraco owes the state $6 million in advances due between 2020 and 2024, despite having received GH¢6.7 million from the Ministry in December 2023 without supporting documentation such as invoices, certificates of work done, or evidence of service delivery.
Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday, November 3, 2025, Mr. Sam George clarified that the original contract and its subsequent addendum are currently under review by the Attorney-General.
“This is not the original contract as it was. We have chosen to subject that to the Attorney-General’s Department,” he explained.
“That is why I am saying that if today, you have a report believed to have come from Smart Infraco, it still stands that the $6 million ought to be paid to the state. When that is done, they can make whatever claims they are now making on the back of the addendum.”
He further stated that while the original agreement stipulated that all costs and risks were to be borne by the private entity, Smart Infraco claimed that an addendum shifted those liabilities to the government — a claim the minister rejected.
“The parent contract mentioned that all the costs and risks should be borne by the private entity. Now they are saying that the addendum allows them to move that liability to the government. That claim cannot be made by a private entity,” Mr. George said.
Source:Lovinghananews.com
