{"id":103840,"date":"2025-11-18T21:03:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103840"},"modified":"2025-11-18T21:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:03:40","slug":"itas-contract-we-are-cleaning-up-the-npps-mess-finance-minister-tells-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=103840","title":{"rendered":"ITAS Contract: We are cleaning up the NPP\u2019s mess \u2013 Finance Minister tells parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has told parliament that the government is \u201ccleaning up the NPP\u2019s mess\u201d surrounding the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) contract, as he laid bare the series of procedural breaches and financial risks inherited from the previous administration.<\/p>\n

Briefing the House, Dr Forson revealed that the NPP government committed Ghana to a binding contract with Tata Consultancy Services on 4 November 2024 without seeking the constitutionally required parliamentary approval.<\/p>\n

He warned that failure to execute the contract at this stage would have exposed the country to a hefty judgement debt.<\/p>\n

The minister also informed MPs that the former administration granted extensive tax exemptions to the contractor. The current government, he said, has since renegotiated the terms of the agreement and saved the nation about 10 million dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have corrected what they failed to do and protected the public purse,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Dr Forson further reminded Parliament that it was the NPP itself that agreed with the IMF to make the ITAS contract a structural benchmark to be completed before the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

He then revealed that the IMF has now upgraded that requirement to a prior action necessary for Ghana\u2019s next programme review.<\/p>\n

Addressing the chamber, the minister underscored that the Mahama government\u2019s priority is lawful and responsible.<\/p>\n

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I had the opportunity to set the records straight on the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) contract with Tata Consultancy Services.<\/p>\n

In simple terms, I am cleaning up an NPP mess.<\/p>\n

The NPP committed the nation to a binding contract on 4th November 2024. Had I failed to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/GHQDxzdzZQ<\/p>\n

\u2014 Cassiel Ato Forson (PhD) (@Cassielforson) November 18, 2025<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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