Former Auditor-General Daniel Yao Domelevo has called on Ghanaians, including journalists, to rally behind Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng and support him in effectively fulfilling his mandate.
Speaking on The Point of View with Bernard Avle on Channel One TV, Domelevo praised Agyebeng for his dedication to combating corruption, describing his efforts as commendable and deserving of support.
Domelevo highlighted Agyebeng’s commitment to tackling corruption as exemplary, noting that despite facing challenges, he remains steadfast in his role.
He emphasized the importance of encouraging and backing Agyebeng, as he appears to be the sole figure seriously addressing corruption issues in the country.
“Let me be very honest with you, I’m one of the people who were not very enthused about the creation of the Office of Special Prosecutor. If it was a lack of mandate, I think the existing institutions could have just been mandated to do their work.
“But if that is what will take for us to fight corruption, I have no problem. That is why when [the former Special Prosecutor] Martin Amidu came, I embraced him, and we worked together. You can see the frustrations that he went through, and finally, he bowed out.
“Now we have Kissi Agyebeng, who is actually on top of the game. Instead of supporting him, you can see that there are institutional arrangements going on.
Some funny developments, at times you hear there’s a petition for him to be removed, later on, we heard that the one who petitioned says he didn’t petition.
Later we heard Chief Justice say that your petition has been thrown out because we didn’t find any prima facie case. And I said what are all these?
“If Kissi Agyebeng himself is put in a situation where every day he’s fighting for his job, how effective do you expect him to be? The young man is doing a fantastic job. Many people would have been demoralised and just become like vegetables in the office by now.
“But he’s still performing, so I think we need to encourage him, he seems to be the only person who has taken the fight against corruption seriously these days and he needs all of us our support including you the journalists.”
He also called upon Ghanaians to actively join the fight against corruption.
“We have a situation even where state properties are being shared just like a cake being shared at a wedding. If we don’t stand up against it, what’s going to happen is that it will become accepted in society and that is to our end…We all have to fight.”
