President John Dramani Mahama has requested the Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, to suspend their move to introduce a Private Members’ Bill seeking to abolish the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
This was contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, on December 11, 2025.
The President’s request comes after his public endorsement of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) as a key institution in Ghana’s fight against corruption.
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At a meeting with the Peace Council on Wednesday, December 10, President Mahama opposed calls for the closure of the OSP, saying ''it is premature."
Meanwhile, two Members of Parliament have sponsored a private members' bill to repeal the Office of Special Prosecutor Act, 2017.
The two MPs are: Mahama Ayariga, Member of Parliament for Bawku Central and Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Member of Parliament for South Dayi.
In a memorandum dated December 8, they contended that “…operational experience since the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor has revealed persistent challenges, including the duplication of constitutional prosecutorial functions of the Office of the Special Prosecutor and the Attorney-General, institutional friction and jurisdictional overlap resulting in delays and inefficiencies.”
They further stated that, “Other challenges include high operational costs of the Office of the Special Prosecutor with limited demonstrable impact relative to budgetary allocations, fragmentation of national prosecutorial policy and strategy and challenges in sustaining long-term institutional capacity due to parallel administrative infrastructure.'”