News:
January 16, 2019
Ranking Member on the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini has observed that lack of funds for the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is responsible for its inactiveness, a year on after the appointment of Mr Martin Amidu as the Special Prosecutor (SP).
The Tamale Central Member of Parliament also noted that the enabling Legislative Regulations (LI) to functional the OPS by the recruitment of administrative workers was not yet matured in Parliament.
According to him the Special Prosecutor who is yet to prosecute a single case needs time to swing into full action and urged all Ghanaians to monitor how the Ministry of Finance quickly releases funds to the Special Prosecutor.
Speaking in an interview, the former Roads and Highways Minister under the erstwhile Mahama government said it is legitimate for citizens to ask questions why the SP has not yet acted and it is also incumbent of the SP to act.
President Nana Akufo Addo on January 11, 2018 named Martin Burns Kaizer Amidu as Ghana’s first Special Prosecutor and subsequently received Parliamentary approval for the post.
Christian Kpesese/ ghanaMPs.com.