A member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Communication Team, Ross Owusu, has warned that Ghana will continue to lose out in anti-corruption fight, if all persons implicated in public sector scandals are not brought to book.

He said Ghana needs a national consensus to strengthen state institutions and ensure that public servants who abuse their positions face the same level of scrutiny as politicians and politically exposed persons.

Speaking on TV3’s New Day on August 12, 2026, Owusu said the excessive focus on politicians had created an environment where some public servants exploit weaknesses within state institutions without sufficient accountability.

“If we do not come to a consensus as a country, to actually look at the way we have left institutions in this country to run, and the way we have left civil servants and public servants off the hook, and we always channel our energy to the politician, Ghana will always be at a losing end,” he stated.

According to him, politicians typically serve for a maximum of eight years, while civil and public servants remain within the public service for several decades until retirement.

He argued that this makes strong and independent institutions critical to preventing corruption and protecting state resources regardless of which political party is in power.

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Owusu questioned how about $19 million in funds allegedly due the Ghanaian state could have been accumulated between 2017 and 2025 without being detected earlier.

He stressed that the issue should not be treated as a partisan matter, insisting that anyone found culpable, whether a politician or public servant, must be held accountable.

“Whoever is found culpable, this is monies that should have accrued to the benefit of the people of Ghana, and they must be made to account for it,” he indicated.

He also warned that the reported case at the Ghana mission at the US could be only a fraction of the financial irregularities occurring at Ghanaian diplomatic missions worldwide.

“I will urge the Auditor-General to actually conduct some of these forensic audits and auditing of some of our missions abroad to see what is happening there also,” he said.

His comments follow a reported financial scandal at Ghana’s Embassy in the United States, where he questioned how about $19 million in funds allegedly due the state could have been accumulated between 2017 and 2025 without detection.

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Ghana US Embassy Audit Report: “If we do not reach a consensus as a country on how we have allowed corrupt institutions and public servants to escape accountability while continually directing our energy toward politicians, Ghana will always be on the losing side.”

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