“These appointments reflect a working system in which prosecutorial authority is exercised within institutional mandates,” he stated. Kwaku Azar said these arrangements do not remove the AG’s constitutional role but instead create a shared system of enforcement. It does not displace the AG; it channels prosecutorial authority through a statutory scheme tailored to corruption and corruption-related offences,” he continued. He added that Ghana’s constitutional design supports shared prosecutorial authority, not centralised control. Nor did it chain us to a prosecutorial system incapable of confronting executive looting.

Source: GhanaWeb April 10, 2026 14:21 UTC