The Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has criticised the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), accusing the anti-corruption body of limiting its operations to Accra while corruption continues to spread across the country.

According to the South Dayi MP, the OSP cannot effectively fight corruption if it remains heavily concentrated in Accra and Tema.

Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, Dafeamekpor argued that the anti-graft agency must urgently expand into the regions and districts to make a real impact.

“We’ve given them a mandate under the OSP Act to establish regional offices. Don’t be cocooned in Accra and seek to fight crime,” he said.

“Crime is not only coterminous with the people or the lifestyle in Metropolitan Accra or Tema,” he added.

The lawmaker maintained that corruption and financial misconduct remain widespread across district assemblies and public institutions nationwide.

According to him, findings in Auditor-General reports continue to expose persistent cases of pilfering and abuse of public funds at the local level.

“If you check the Auditor-General’s report, crime is pervasive in the districts within the assemblies, especially lots of pilfering and deliberate decisions by public servants to ignore the law, do what they want, and pilfer from the public purse,” he stated.

Dafeamekpor insisted that the establishment of district and regional OSP offices would force public officials to act more responsibly.

“So, have district offices and also regional offices to coordinate your offices in the various districts,” he urged.

“If every district knows that there is an OSP officer resident in the district, certain things will not happen in the assemblies, and some of the statutory agencies operating in the district would do things differently,” he stressed.

Responding to questions about his earlier criticism of the OSP and whether his views had softened following comments by President John Dramani Mahama, Dafeamekpor said he still believes the office has significant room for improvement.

“I believe in the wisdom of the president,” he stated.

According to him, President Mahama himself acknowledged that the OSP “could do better” and urged critics to give the institution another opportunity to improve.

“He said we should all give the OSP a second chance so that we give them time to blossom,” Dafeamekpor noted.

However, the MP warned that patience alone cannot excuse what he described as low output and the failure to expand operations nationwide.

“Yes, but when you are not committed to expanding, then I have a problem with you. Then I will question why we give you so much money, and yet you are delivering so little,” he stated.

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