Office of the Special Prosecutor used GH¢129m of GH¢322m allocated under Martin Amidu
A report by the Finance Ministry disclosed that, 2018 recorded the lowest monetary allocation to the Office of the Special Prosecutor
Jonas Danquah 
The office of the Special Prosecutor, under Martin Amidu, from 2018 until his resignation on November 18, 2020, used a total of GH¢129,016,189.52 out of the GH¢322,097,921.40 allocated, according to a report by the Finance Ministry.
The report stated that "The Office of the Special Prosecutor’s approved ceiling of GH¢180.16 million for the year 2019 increased significantly as compared to the revised allocation of GH¢138.14 million given for the year 2020."
It said, as quoted by 'pulsegh' that, the year 2018 "recorded the lowest allocation of GH¢3.79 million and this could be attributed to the fact that the Office had now been established and their allocation formed part of the 2018 budget of the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General's Office."
The Ministry noted that the "amounts of GH¢154,261.84 and GH¢65,690,067.55 were released as of the end of the 2018 and 2019 fiscal years.
Also, an amount of GH¢63,171,860.13 has been released as of November 16, 2020.
The Ministry said "one major challenge identified during the implementation of their budgets in the period under review is their inability to initiate transactions on the GIFMIS platform to facilitate the release of funds."
This revelation comes after Martin Amidu resigned from his office over interference by the government in his work, as well alleged meddling by the Executive in his investigations on the Agyapa deal.
He also mentioned that the President of the Republic was interfering in the performance of his duties in relation to the risk of corruption and anti-corruption assessment on the controversial Agyapa Royalties Transaction.
Martin Amidu has returned all sitting allowances paid to him since he took the office in 2018.
