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A Former Executive Secretary of Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Mr. Vitus Azeem says there is nothing wrong if the Special Prosecutor (SP), Kissi Agyebeng decides to be proactive in his line of duty in order to make corruption unattractive for corrupt people.
This comes after the SP disclosed that his office is currently investigating thirty-one corruption-related cases after a review.
Kissi Agyebeng, during the commemoration of the International Anti-Corruption Day in Accra on Thursday, 9th December 2021, said his office will in due course begin the prosecution of strong cases in the court.
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“The OSP has completed a review of all the alleged cases of corruption and corruption-related offences before it. Currently, the OSP is investigating thirty-one (31) active cases, and it will in due course commence the prosecution in the courts of the cases it considers probatively strong,” he said.
He said there is no case commenced by the OSP pending in the courts at the moment.
Kissi Agyebeng further said the office will soon begin carrying out corruption risk assessments on all major government contracts and legislations dating back to 2020.
“[We’ll carry out] an Anti-corruption risk assessment and review from January 2020 of all major public contracts, legislations, and draft legislation. This is intended to avoid toxic deals and the prevalence of judgment debts and arbitration awards,” he noted.
OSP to start ranking public institutions on corruption from 2022.
Kissi Agyebeng again said his outfit will from 2022 start ranking public institutions based on corruption perception. He said the office will rely on experts and business people through a strategic partnership with the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to produce the ranking, which will be made public every December 9.
Speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, Mr. Vitus Adaboo Azeem said fighting corruption entailed prevention, detecting, prosecution and even education and so there is nothing wrong if the Special Prosecutor decides to put in place measures to prevent corruption or deter it from happening.
“There is nothing wrong if he decides to prevent it from happening but then that should not be the end because human beings are such that you cannot prevent all criminalities in this world. So, you have to put in place measures to investigate, detect and prosecute when you find out that some people have engaged in such criminal acts,” he said.
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