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Ibrahim Mahama dragged to court over failure to pay workers’ SSNIT contributions
The suit comes on the heels of a probe by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) into 46 dud cheques he issued to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to clear his goods at the Tema port when his brother was the president of Ghana.
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In a suit, the government said: “the Chief Executive Officer, Director, (Executive), Managing Director of Engineers & Planners Company Limited, did fail to pay to the Trust, Social Security Contribution to wit : GHC 668,754. 75.”
According to the suit, between the period of February 2015 to July 2015, June to August 2016, and October 2016, Ibrahim Mahama, brother of former president Mahama, failed to pay the SSNIT contributions of his workers.
It said: “as required by the law, the National Pensions Act of 2008, Act 766, the employer is expected to pay social security on behalf of the employees at the end of every month” but “inspections conducted by officers of the Trust into the pay books of the accused person’s establishment revealed that between the period of February 2015 to July 2015, June 2016, to August 2016, and October 2016, revealed an unpaid Social Security Contributions of GHC 668,754.75.”
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In addition, the suit noted that the amount “attracted a penalty of GHC 387,709.31, bringing the total indebtedness of the accused to GHC 1,056,464.06 contrary to section 83(1) (d) of the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Acts 766) as amended by section 7 of the National Pensions (Amenment) Act 2014, (Act 883)."
In 2014, The 2004 presidential candidate of the Convention Peoples Party (CPP) and owner of Gocrest Security Company, George Aggudey, was handed three months jail sentence by an Accra Circuit Court.
He was sentenced over the non-payment of his workers' Social Security and National Insurance Trust contributions, amounting to over GH¢2.6 million.
Aguddey was said to have defaulted in the payment of his workers contributions to the tune of GH¢1,036,986.77, an amount which had then accrued an interest of GH¢1,616,172.13.
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