Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng has described corruption as a pandemic in Ghana that has to be fought with maximum force.
He made the above comment shortly after a ceremony, was held at Jubilee House to swear him into office as the second occupant of the Office of Special Prosecutor.
According to Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, Ghana is “confronted by two pandemics” noting that one is a health pandemic whilst the other, is corruption.
He therefore appealed to President Akufo-Addo to apply the same zeal he has shown in tackling Ghana’s health crisis in the fight against corruption.
He promised Ghanaians that he will work assiduously as Special Prosecutor to suppress corruption to its barest minimal.
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 5th August 2021, swore into office the second occupant of the Office of Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, at a brief event at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency.
Citing the new Special Prosecutor’s extensive educational and professional legal background, President Akufo-Addo stated that “it is clear that Mr. Kissi Agyebeng is eminently qualified to occupy the Office of Special Prosecutor. He has the capacity, the experience, the requisite values and intellectual strength to succeed in this vital position”.
Congratulating Mr. Kissi Agyebeng on his appointment, the President stated that the “wide acceptance of his nomination by the Ghanaian people, and the nature of his performance during Parliament’s approval process are, for me, indications that the confidence I reposed in him, to discharge one of the most critical functions of State, was not misplaced.”
Addressing the gathering, which included Chief of Staff, Hon. Akosua Frema Osei- Opare; Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame; and MP for Mpraeso, Hon. Davis Opoku Ansah, the President reiterated that the creation of the Office of Special Prosecutor was borne out of the commitment to fashion an additional instrument to fight the canker of corruption.
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