The Special Prosecutor nominee, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng, has said he will institute a new policy called “Pressure for Progress”, under which there will be a systemic review of all public agencies; public sector institutions and the development of integrity plan when giving the nod.
Mr. Agyebeng explained that with the Pressure for Progress policy, the SP office should be able to establish its corruption perception index whereby state agencies can be ranked based on certain corruption indicators.
He said: “Why can’t we have our corruption perception index, for instance? why can’t I rank public sector agencies against each other? And at the end of the year, publicize the results as to which institution is performing well and which institution is not performing well. In that point, if ahead of an institution… and persistently your institution is drawing the short straw in terms of perception of corruption from the point of view of experts, from the point of view of the business people, you will sit up.”
Mr. Agyebeng has been a law lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana Legon since October 2006, teaching and researching Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Corporate Law, and Legal Research and Writing.
Called to the Bar in October 2003 and also engaged in private law practice, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Ghana and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Dalhousie University and Cornell Law School.
He was born on July 2, 1978, and was awarded the Bentsi-Enchill prize for Best Graduating Student of the University of Ghana School of Law in 2001 and E.N. Sowah Memorial prize for best student in Family Law at the Ghana School of Law and has participated in several international arbitration hearings.
The Appointments Committee of Parliament has recommended for approval the nomination of Mr. Kissi Adjebeng as Special Prosecutor.
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee, Mr. Joseph Osei Owusu SAID: “…The Committee unanimously agreed to recommend him to the house for approval”.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
