‘There’s no way I can stop corruption; God himself won’t acclaim to that but I’ll make it very costly’
Special Prosecutor nominee Kissi Agyebeng has told parliament’s Appointments Committee during his vetting on Thursday, 22 July 2021, that: “I am not naive to assume that I am coming to stop corruption”, adding: “There’s no way I can stop corruption”.
“God himself will not acclaim to that but I am going to make corruption very costly to engage in”, Mr Agyebeng told the committee.
Mr Agyebeng is the Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal.
Mr Agyebeng was nominated as Ghana’s second Special Prosecutor following the resignation of Mr Martin Amidu.
Mr Amidu resigned from the position on 15 November 2020 citing interference by President Nana Akufo-Addo in his job.
In a letter to the Presidency, Attorney General Godfred Dame said: “Kissi Agyebeng possesses the requisite expertise on corruption and corruption-related matters and is of high moral character and proven integrity and satisfies all the other requirements stipulated in section 13(1) and (2) of Act 959.”
Section 13(8) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 (Act 959) requires the President to appoint a person qualified for appointment as Special Prosecutor to that position, within six months of the Office of Special Prosecutor becoming vacant.
Source: classfmonline.com
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