By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi
Accra, Aug. 26, GNA – The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has said its intervention in the Government payroll system had saved the nation more than GH¢100 million.
The Office has also secured GH¢8.518 million and US$2 million in financial recoveries, as well as movable and immovable assets in ongoing proceedings.
Mr Kissi Agyebeng, Special Prosecutor, disclosed this at a press conference at the OSP, saying the Office’s work extended beyond prosecutions to corruption prevention, asset recovery and interventions aimed at protecting public resources.
As at December 31, 2025, he said, the OSP was prosecuting 33 persons, while 79 cases were at the full investigation stage and 161 at the preliminary investigation stage.
Mr Agyebeng said the Office had also secured seven convictions through court-sanctioned plea agreements.
He said the OSP had saved the nation billions of cedis through corruption-risk assessments, particularly in the natural resources and seaports sectors.
The Office had also safeguarded the Tema Oil Refinery from being “pawned off,” enabling it to resume operations after years of inactivity.
The Special Prosecutor said the OSP’s intervention in the customs sector had resulted in a more
robust auction system and reduced abuses of the customs advance ruling regime.
He said the OSP had saved the nation more than 20 times the total amount of money released to it since its establishment, thereby exceeding the resources invested in the Office.
Mr Agyebeng said the achievements represented measurable and verifiable outcomes and urged critics to assess the OSP based on facts, statistics, resources and the complexity of its mandate.
He said the Office’s performance should be measured by investigations, prosecutions, assets recovered, losses prevented, systems corrected and public funds saved, rather than political applause or social media commentary.
GNA
Edited by Kenneth Sackey
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