Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, Acting Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA)
Godwin Edudzi Tamakloe, Acting Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has emphasised that the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is now a permanent institution in Ghana’s governance structure and should not be scrapped despite recent calls from some legal minds, including Lawyer Martin Kpebu.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM on December 4, 2025, Tamakloe argued that the OSP was established through an act of Parliament with bipartisan support, making its abolition both legally and politically unwarranted.
Tamkloe questioned the legal basis for scrapping the office, stressing that Parliament had already conferred legitimacy on the institution.
“It has come to stay. What would be the legal basis to scrap it? It has gone through Parliament, and like you pointed out, it received bipartisan support,” he said.
Although critics, including Kpebu, maintain that the OSP is no longer fit for purpose, Tamakloe disagreed, pointing out that any decision to repeal the OSP Act would require a compelling justification which, in his view, has not been demonstrated.
Addressing suggestions that the OSP could function better under a new leader, Tamakloe reminded the public that the current Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, has a constitutionally mandated seven-year, non-renewable tenure.
“The current occupant, by law, has a seven-year mandate and it is non-renewable,” he noted.
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He added that the tenure and removal conditions of the Special Prosecutor mirror those of a Court of Appeal judge, making any removal attempt subject to Article 146 proceedings.
Tamakloe also acknowledged the ongoing petitions filed against Agyebeng.
He explained that President John Dramani Mahama has forwarded these petitions to the Chief Justice for the necessary constitutional processes to begin.
“We all await what the Chief Justice, in his wisdom, having done all the evaluation, will come up with,” he said, adding that the matter was now beyond his “pay grade.”
@asempa_fm OSP vs. Kpebu: The OSP office has come to stay, and Kissi Agyebeng should be allowed to complete his remaining two years #Ekosiisen ♬ original sound – ASEMPA FM
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