The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has come under heavy criticism from several members of Parliament for failing to meet its mandate nearly eight years after its establishment.
The MPs have questioned the office's effectiveness, especially given the large sums of public money allocated to it over the years.
During discussions on the OSP's budget estimates on Friday, March 28, MP for Effia, Isaac Boamah Nyarko, expressed concerns about the tangible results the office has delivered.
He pointed out that despite receiving hundreds of millions of cedis, the OSP has shown little progress. "The OSP has fewer than 250 staff, yet its compensation costs amount to 1.8 million cedis.