Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng has said 2025 was the Office of the Special Prosecutor’s (OSP) best year of performance; at the same time, it was its worst year of existential troubles.
According to Kissi Agyebeng, while the office achieved some of its best results, it also endured its “worst year of existential troubles.”
The Special Prosecutor asserted that political calls to scrap the office significantly contributed to the challenges it faced.
However, noted that such pressure stems from its mandate to hold public officials accountable.
Speaking at a National Dialogue on the Office of the Special Prosecutor on Tuesday, March 31, Kissi Agyebeng stated, “2025 was our best year of performance; at the same time, it was our worst year of existential troubles. Why should Kissi and a few officers of the Office of the Special Prosecutor always fight existential battles just to keep this office running?” he said.
It will be recalled that Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga and Majority Chief Whip Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor drafted a Private Member’s Bill seeking the repeal of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959).
Also, Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has said Ghana cannot continue to allocate huge sums to the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) when the country is not getting the results.
According to Speaker Bagbin, the Office of the Special Prosecutor was created to prove a point that it was prepared to tackle corruption.
He further questioned the constitutional basis of the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
Speaking during a debate in Parliament on Thursday, November 4, 2024, Speaker Bagbin stated, “If you recall, during the deliberation on the OSP, a number of us stated on the floor of this House that it has no constitutional basis, but we wanted to signal to the world that we are going to fight corruption”.
“At the end of the day…we cannot continue to allocate huge sums to the same office when we are not getting the results. This is one of the agencies we should be looking at,” he remarked.
Also, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Member of Parliament for South Dayi and Majority Chief Whip, has accused the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of devouring vast public funds without delivering adequate results.
Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Monday, December 22, Dafeamekpor quizzed the reasoning for the significant budgetary allocations made to the office in recent years.
He revealed Parliament had approved a budget of GH¢250 million for the OSP for the 2026 financial year, arguing that the amount was almost identical to what the office received in 2025.
The Majority Chief Whip stressed that the level of funding for the OSP is comparable to that of the Attorney-General’s Department, which delivers far greater value to the state.
Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor stated, “The entity was just guzzling money. If you compare the utility value the Attorney-General is giving us, it is clear”.
“Nobody is saying to imprison people. What we are saying is that once cases are prosecutable, prosecute them and let the accused persons have their day in court so the cases can be disposed of.”
However, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has offered a direct rebuttal to critics who have characterised the office as a drain on national resources.
According to the Special Prosecutor, despite the office still being in its formative stages and facing budgetary challenges, they have saved Ghana more than twenty times the total amount of money released to it since its establishment.
In the OSP Half-Yearly Report for December 2025, the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng argued that the OSP has delivered strong results.
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