Solomon Owusu, the Director of Communications for the United Party, has proposed that the office of the Special Prosecutor be scrapped, with its budget redirected to the Attorney General’s office.
According to Solomon Owusu, when Ghanaians push the OSP small about former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta, the next thing he does is hold a press conference and later goes back to sit for months.
He argued that the Special Prosecutor has not done enough and only appears in the media to hold press conferences when faced with mounting pressure.
Speaking on TV3’s Key Point, Solomon Owusu stated, “I don’t have any trust or confidence in this OSP and the office. At best, that outfit must be scrapped, with his budget allocation given to the attorney general if their 20-day rise is unable to recruit more lawyers, by virtue of which he could recruit more qualified lawyers to help the state around what we are doing smarter”.
He added, “When you push him small on Ken Ofori-Atta, the next thing you will hear is a press conference just to come and weather the storm, then he goes to sit down for a month when he hears there is pressure, then he comes, when all of us know that Ken Ofori-Atta must be in this country.
We are talking about the National Cathedral. How much did he explain to you about PDS? How many years spent there? He led this country to borrow 13.5 billion dollars. You understand the man says he won’t come back through the country. The last time we heard something from him was through his wife when she said that her husband was doing okay, and he was going to come. Up to now, where is he?”
Solomon Owusu’s outburst comes following the OSP’s recent press conference naming former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta as the chief patron, supporter, and promoter of the SML deal.
In a detailed press briefing, Kissi Agyebeng revealed that the SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited), which aimed to provide revenue assurance services in the petroleum, mining, and liquid bulk distribution (LBD) sectors, lacked a legitimate operational requirement.
According to Kissi Agyabeng, both Ofori-Atta and SML management were criminally minded in their operations.
He emphasised that the OSPs’ investigation established that the SML contract was not grounded in any genuine operational need, adding that the payment made to SML was a misuse of public funds.
Kissi Agyabeng, addressing a press conference on Thursday, October 30, revealed that the Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) lacked both the tools and technical competence to execute the audit and revenue assurance services that it was contracted to perform for the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
He highlighted that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) uncovered glaring statutory breaches, conflicts of interest, and unjustified payments.
Speaking to the media, he stated, “There was no genuine need for contracting SML for the work it purported to perform”.
Kissi Agyabeng described the SML agreements as blighted by statutory breaches.
He added that the GRA failed to submit the full agreements between SML and its third-party collaborators, “GRA failed to submit the agreement between SML and other parties, such omissions violated public procurement and governance protocols”.
Meanwhile, Kissi Agyebeng has revealed his outfit seeks to recover ₵125 million from the controversial revenue assurance contract between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and SML (Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited).
Kissi Agyebeng also revealed he will press charges against the individual implicated in the controversial revenue assurance contracts between the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML) by the end of November 2025.
The Special Prosecutor named, former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, former Commissioner-Generals of the GRA — Rev Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah and Emmanuel Kofi Nti, also GRA officials, Isaac Crentsil, and Kwadwo Damoa. A former member of the Finance Ministry, Ernest Akore, are expected to be charged before the end of November 2025.
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The Director of Communications for the United Party, Solomon Owusu has proposed that the office of the Special Prosecutor be abolished, with its budget redirected to the Attorney General's office.
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