Samson’s Take: OSP officers fighting corruption on empty stomach?

He was not paid a salary in 2021, not in 2022, and there is no indication he and his staff will be paid this or the next month or in 2023.

The people hired to catch the thieves and recover stolen money are denied resources and starved for a cumulative 17 months.

I am referring to the GRA’s discretionary discount regime on values of goods and vehicles which was blatantly abused and became a tool for corruption as found in the OSP decision in the La Bianca case.

Yes, this is the OSP that will even chase a dead man found to own state property that cannot be sold or gifted.

How can you feel proud that for 17 months you have not resolved the issue to pay them their salaries?

What do you gain from unleashing communicators paid by the tax-payer and blind party loyalists to attack the SP because Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu did his job in disclosing this to the public?

By law, the SP’s conditions of service are those of a justice of the court of appeal, and his staff ranked as the police and allied security agencies.

What you should be explaining to citizens is whether they have asked to be paid anything beyond what they are entitled by law.

Stop the uncritical propaganda that the SP has rejected a GHS20,000 salary, and has appointed members of his law firm.

The fact is that all staff appointments were lawful, approved by the OSP Board, and only one person comes from the SP’s law firm.

The fact is that they reject salaries below equivalent officers in the police service and contrary to the law’s prescriptions.

Let’s empower this promising office financially as it demonstrates readiness to make corruption an expensive venture, and is already helping the State recover badly needed money.

Just pay Kissi Agyebeng and his staff what they are due by law.

That is My Take.

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