The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in its half-year report says, there is a need for the state to pay particular attention to the funding needs of the office.
The report in its half-year report also captured that the OSP office continues to operate without an established budget.
According to the report, “Nonetheless, the office has proven that with sufficient funding, it is best placed to prevent and reduce the menace of corruption and corruption-related activities”
“We continue to emphasize the need for the state to pay particular attention to the funding needs of the office”.
“It is in our collective interest to build a resilient, independent, and technologically advanced Office of the Special Prosecutor to stay ahead of and effectively repress corruption and corruption-related actors”, the report says.
The 2022 budget allocated GHS170,504,000 to the office of the special prosecutor and out of that, GHS65, 000,000 of that amount was for paying employees.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
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