The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has rejected allegations that it squanders national resources, asserting that it has saved Ghana over twenty times the total funding allocated to it since its inception.
In its Half-Yearly Report for December 2025, the OSP stated that despite facing significant budgetary and resource constraints, it has achieved remarkable results and generated additional revenue for the state.
The report indicates that the OSP’s high-profile and pioneering investigations into corruption and related issues, along with its corruption-risk assessments of public contracts and transactions, have resulted in savings for the nation that exceed the funds invested in its operations from 2018 to December 2025.
“…and its high-profile and pioneering investigations into corruption and related matters, as well as its corruption-risk assessments of public contracts and transactions, have saved the nation more than twenty times the total amount of money actually allocated to the Office from its establishment in 2018 to December 2025, thus fully covering and surpassing the resources invested in its creation,” the report highlighted.
“Consequently, it cannot be argued in any way that the Office has underperformed or that it constitutes a burden on national resources,” the OSP’s report further stated.
In outlining its significant accomplishments, the Office pointed to its 2020 corruption risk assessment of the Agyapa Royalties transaction, which it claimed saved Ghana billions of dollars and averted potential loss of sovereignty over the nation’s natural resources.
It also mentioned its 2022 investigation into customs advance rulings, which resulted in the reversal of discretionary discounts on the free on board or freight on board (FOB) value of goods and the home delivery value (HDV) of used vehicles. This effectively eliminated all opportunities for officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority to grant discretionary markdowns, thereby reducing the potential for corruption and related activities.
The report indicated that this action effectively curtailed opportunities for corruption within the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, resulting in savings of millions of cedis for the nation.
Additionally, the Office emphasized its investigation in 2023 concerning auction sales at the ports, which led to the implementation of an electronic auction system. This electronic platform facilitated the auctioning of seized items at the ports, resulting in an average monthly increase of 12 percent in auction revenue, thereby contributing millions of cedis to the state’s revenue.
From 2023 to 2025, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) conducted an investigation into procurement contracts awarded by the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Finance to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited. This investigation culminated in the cancellation of those contracts, with the report stating that approximately GH₵5.73 billion was saved as a consequence of this action.
In 2025, a corruption risk assessment concerning disinfection services at Ghana’s ports of entry, which involved the Ghana Health Service and LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited, reportedly resulted in an estimated savings of GH₵345 million for the country.
Furthermore, the report disclosed that during a period of criticism directed at the Office, it was actively prosecuting 33 individuals nationwide, recovering cash amounts, seizing and managing assets linked to corruption, and investigating over 100 cases. The Office also intensified its corruption-prevention initiatives, which it claimed have proven to be a significant deterrent.
