Former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has denied any wrongdoing in connection with corruption-related investigations being conducted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).
Defending his tenure at the Finance Ministry, Ofori-Atta insisted that he had always acted in the best interests of Ghana.
In an open letter dated February 26, he stated that throughout his 40-year career, he had upheld integrity and transparency.
“As you know, I have worked with candour and forthrightness in my personal and professional life these past forty years.
“As the longest-serving Finance Minister in this Republic (2017 to 2024) and encountering the most far-reaching existential crises in our lifetime, I have always acted in the best interests of Ghana and Africa, and will continue to do so,” portions of the letter read.
Expressing frustration over recent pronouncements by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng, Ofori-Atta said he was “puzzled and dismayed” by the turn of events.
“I have been in the news recently in quite a dramatic manner. I thought it important that I share with you the facts surrounding recent events and news articles concerning me and Ghana’s Special Prosecutor. I am as puzzled and dismayed, as I suspect you must be,” he wrote.
The former minister recounted that he was abroad for medical reasons when the Special Prosecutor summoned him for an in-person meeting.
“I was out of the country on 24th January, for medical reasons, when the Special Prosecutor invited me to an in-person meeting for 10th February 2025, in connection with four ‘corruption and corruption-related cases.’
“I was not the originating nor implementing minister in any of these portfolios. I immediately responded through my lawyers, indicating my willingness to have them provide him with any information he may require to aid in his investigation, given that I will be out of the country for the next few months for medical reasons,” he added.
According to the OSP, investigations into Ofori-Atta focus on several financial transactions, including the Strategic Mobilization-GRA contract, the termination of the ECG-BXC contract, payments related to the National Cathedral, ambulance procurement, and the utilisation of the Tax Refund Account.
Meanwhile, the former minister, who is seeking an early resolution to the matter, maintains that he was neither the originating nor implementing minister in the cases under investigation.
Read the full letter below:
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