Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has explained how President John Dramani Mahama intervened to prevent Parliament from scrapping the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).

According to him, President Mahama opposed a bill introduced by the then Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, to abolish the OSP, despite the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) having the numbers in Parliament to pass it.

Speaking during a panel discussion on TV3 on October 17, 2026, Kwakye Ofosu said the president personally contacted him after learning of the proposed legislation and instructed him to communicate his opposition to the parliamentary leadership.

“I was sitting in Parliament, right behind the then Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, and his Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, when they slapped in the bill to scrap the OSP's office,” he recounted.

“When President Mahama heard it, he called me to hand over the phone to the Majority Leader, and he told him that he was not in favour of such an action.”

Kwakye Ofosu said that the president's intervention led to the withdrawal of the bill, arguing that Mahama believed the anti-corruption institution needed time to develop rather than face abolition over its shortcomings.

He said that Mahama, following the move, went on to publicly defend the OSP, acknowledging that the institution might have flaws but arguing that it was still relatively young and should not be expected to perform at the same level as institutions that had existed for decades.

“The president said, ‘No, I'm not having it.’ That very afternoon ... he publicly voiced support and said that the OSP may have had its flaws, but it is a young institution, and therefore to expect that they would work at the same level of proficiency and efficiency as decades-old institutions was calling for too much,” he said.

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Kwakye Ofosu added that the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng, subsequently praised the president for the intervention.

He rejected suggestions that the decision was influenced by diplomatic pressure, insisting that Mahama acted out of a commitment to fairness rather than partisan considerations.

“What can anybody do to President Mahama if he decides to take a certain course of action? What can happen to you? He's the president of a sovereign country,” he said.

The Minister of State made these disclosures while refuting suggestions that President Mahama’s recent appointment of two deputies to the Electoral Commission of Ghana was politically motivated.

Watch a video of his remarks below:

Felix is that guy that you can never stop listening to!

Calm, factual and straight to the point.

Wow ! npp Asase radio and chairman Wontumi’s tv were saved from closure by president Mahama!

https://t.co/6qSkTfiFrc

— Promise Dumevi (@dumevi_promise) October 17, 2026