A former Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo has called for the merging of anti-corruption institutions like the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) and the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO).
He said making these institutions one body will aid in the speedy investigations of corruption and corruption-related offences which will also help reduce the exorbitant expenditure of government on these institutions.
He admonished that “fruitless and wasteful spending must be stopped because fruitless and wasteful expenditure denies the citizens the benefits of public funds, just as corruption, he said in an interview with JoyNews.
Mr. Domelevo’s comment follows the ongoing seeming tension and misunderstanding between the Economic and Organised Crimes Office and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) over the state of the investigations of the former sanitation Minister, Cecilia Abena Depaah’s alleged corruption case.
The former auditor general expressed worry over the various anti-corruption institutions working in isolation instead of collaborating to bring progress to Cecilia Dapaah’s Case.
He believes this isolation work among the institutions stifles the fight against corruption and waste of public funds.
“I cannot agree more with my earlier suggestion that we have to merge these institutions. The creation of additional institutions by itself does not help us fight corruption and corruption-related offences.
He added that the state anti-corruption institutions are not serving the interest of the public.
Meanwhile, Daniel Domelevo asked the OSP to make available all information that can aid the work of EOCO.
“I disagree with the three institutions to be honest with you. I don’t think the investigation done by the OSP was funded by money from their pocket, it was public funds so they were doing the investigation in the public interest, so whatever information is available to them, which can aid EOCO to do their work, I think they should have made that available to them.
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