The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has dismissed claims that it is a waste of national resources, insisting that it has saved Ghana more than twenty times the total amount of money allocated to it since its formation.
In its Half-Yearly Report for December 2025, the OSP said although the office is faced with immense budgetary and resource challenges, it had delivered a stellar performance and generated more money for the state.
The report states that the OSP’s ultra-high profile and ground-breaking corruption and corruption-related investigations, corruption-risk analysis of public contracts and transactions had saved the nation more money than the funds invested in its operations from 2018 to December 2025.
“…and its ultra-high profile and ground-breaking corruption and corruption-related investigations and corruption-risk analysis of public contracts and transactions had saved the nation more than twenty-fold the total amount of money actually released to the Office from its institution in 2018 to December 2025, and thereby fully paying for and far above the resources invested in its establishment,” the report noted.
“Therefore, it cannot be maintained by any form of argument that the Office has not performed as expected and that it is a drain on national resources,” the OSP’s report added.
Highlighting its major achievements, the Office cited its 2020 corruption risk assessment of the Agyapa Royalties transaction, which it said saved Ghana billions of dollars and prevented the possible loss of sovereignty over the country’s natural resources.
It also referenced its 2022 investigation into the customs advance rulings which led to reversion of discretionary discount on the free on board or freight on board (FOB) value of goods and the home delivery value (HDV) of used vehicles. This effectively ended all avenues for officers of the Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority to grant discretionary markdowns and removed opportunity for corruption and corruption-related activities.
This action, the report said, blocked corruption opportunities within the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority and saved the country millions of cedis.
The Office also highlighted its 2023 investigation into auction sales at the ports, which ushered in an electronic auction system. The electronic medium was used for the auction of seized items at the ports. The e-auction platform has increased auction revenue by an average of 12 percent each month, adding millions of cedis to state revenue.
Between 2023 and 2025, the OSP investigated procurement contracts awarded by the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Finance to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited. The investigation led to the cancellation of those contracts, according to the report, about GH₵5.73 billion a saved as a result of this action.
In 2025, a corruption risk assessment of disinfection services at Ghana’s ports of entry involving the Ghana Health Service and LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited reportedly saved the country an estimated GH₵345 million.
The report further revealed that at a time when the Office was being criticised, it was actively prosecuting 33 persons across the country, recovering cash sums, seizing and managing tainted assets, and investigating more than 100 cases.
It also intensified corruption-prevention initiatives, which it said have become a strong deterrent.
