A former Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, is urging the Majority Caucus in Parliament to tread cautiously as it intensifies calls for the abolition of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
The Majority, led by its leader Mahama Ayariga, is pushing for the OSP to be dissolved and for the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice to assume full responsibility for prosecuting corruption and related offences.
Addressing Parliament on Thursday, December 4, Mr. Ayariga questioned the effectiveness of the OSP despite what he described as “greater budgetary support” compared to the Attorney-General’s Department. He argued that the office has not delivered and should therefore be scrapped, either through a private member’s bill or an executive-initiated amendment.
However, speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini dismissed the Majority’s position. He maintained that Ghana is still far from winning the fight against corruption, making it unwise to abolish a dedicated institution established to confront the problem.
He stressed that the Special Prosecutor needs more time and adequate support to make a measurable impact.
“Nothing has convinced me that we need to cancel the anti-corruption agency, and it is because we have not succeeded in fighting corruption. Have we? If we had succeeded, the office would have been redundant.
“But we have not succeeded, and we are still going after people alleged to be involved in corrupt acts. So nothing has changed, and the OSP is trying his best,” he noted.
