The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has highlighted its 2020 corruption risk assessment of the controversial Agyapa Royalties transaction as one of its major achievements, saying the intervention saved Ghana billions of dollars and prevented the potential loss of sovereignty over the country’s natural resources.

In its Half-Yearly Report for December 2025 released on January 29, 2026, the OSP said that despite persistent budgetary and resource constraints, the office has delivered what it described as a “stellar performance,” generating significant financial benefits for the state.

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“The office, notwithstanding the fact that it has still not been fully set up and is still facing immense budgetary and resource challenges, had a stellar record, and its ultra-high-profile and ground-breaking corruption and corruption-related investigations and corruption-risk analysis of public contracts and transactions had saved the nation more than twenty-fold the total amount of money actually released to the Office,” the report stated.

It further noted that "Investigations and corruption-risk analysis of public contracts and transactions had saved the nation more than twenty-fold the total
amount of money actually released to the Office from its institution
in 2018 to December 2025, and thereby fully paying for and far above the resources invested in its establishment. Therefore, it cannot be maintained by any form of argument that the Office has not performed as expected and that it is a drain on national resources."

Beyond the Agyapa transaction, the OSP outlined several key interventions that, according to the report, resulted in substantial savings to the state.

The office cited its 2022 investigation into customs advance rulings, which led to the reversal of discretionary discounts applied to the Free on Board (FOB) and Home Delivery Value (HDV) of goods, particularly used vehicles.

These measures, the OSP said, effectively shut down avenues for discretionary markdowns by officers of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, removing opportunities for corruption and saving the nation millions of cedis.

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In 2023, the OSP’s investigation into the auction sale of seized vehicles and other goods at the ports resulted in the introduction of an e-auction system, a novel electronic platform for auctioning seized items.

The office reported that the reform led to an average 12 per cent monthly increase in revenue from auction sales, adding millions of cedis to the national coffers.

The report also touched on the 2023–2025 investigations into procurement contracts awarded by the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Finance to Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML)

"The 2023-2025 investigation of procurement contracts awarded by Ghana Revenue Authority and Ministry of Finance to Strategic Mobilization Ghana Limited, which led to the cancellation of the contracts and saved the nation an aggregated GH¢5,730,975,000.00.

"The 2025 corruption-risk assessment of disinfection services at the national ports of entry between Ghana Health Services and LCB Worldwide Ghana Limited (LCB), which saved the Republic an estimated sum of GH¢345,000,000.00," it noted.

The OSP further stated that at a time when the office was being criticised as ineffective, it was actively prosecuting 33 persons in criminal courts across the country, securing notable cash recoveries, and seizing and managing substantial tainted movable and immovable assets.

According to the report, the office has also intensified corruption-prevention initiatives, become a significant deterrent to corruption, and is currently investigating more than 100 cases nationwide.

JKB/AE

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