Corruption Fight: Haruna Iddrisu Charges Special Prosecutor To Focus On Heads Of Public Institutions

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has tasked the special prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng to focus on the prosecution of corrupt heads of public institutions.

According to him, political office holders have often been tagged as the most corrupt in the country to the neglect of public servants who often perpetrate corrupt acts.

Haruna Iddrisu who was speaking on the floor of Parliament prior to the approval of the Special Prosecutor on Friday, July 30, 2021,noted that “Chief Directors and Chief Executives are left as if they don’t engage in corruptio]. Some of them do, and there is evidence.”

“The focus should not only be on petty corruption where you see a policeman stop a trotro driver,” Mr. Iddrisu added.

The Majority Leader, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu also called for a review of the laws to expand the frontiers of investigation to empower the office of the Special Prosecutor in the discharge of its mandate.

“Other than that, we will make the people charged with the responsibility meaningless. We will reduce them to toothless bulldogs who can only bark but will not be able to bite,” he said.