Amidu Spends 3years Fighting For Office

Martin Amidu

It has emerged that the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, spent close to three years literally roaming the streets of Accra in search of a “suitable” office complex for his use while doing little work as far as investigating serious corruption cases is concerned.

His search and fight for a suitable office complex per documents available to DGN Online started right from the day he was appointed in 2018.

Mr Amidu tendered in his resignation letter to President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, November 16, 2020, citing among other things, the Government’s failure to provide him a better Office complex to carry out his investigative works as done internationally.

He also complained that no office accommodation was provided for his office making him to operate from a rented three-bed house at Labone with his nine staff.

But it has turned out that every necessary efforts were made by the Government to give Mr. Amidu his desired office and facilities to work as a Special Prosecutor.
Every rules were bent in order to accommodate Martin Amidu desires including taking over GETFund’s 10-storey building complex which it was renting for $2 million a year.

According to the documents Mr. Amidu went from turning down one property to the other even after he had in some cases expressed interest in some of those office buildings and steps had been taken to renovate them to suit his taste.

A memo from the Chief Director, Office of the President dated August 18, 2020 and addressed to the Chief of Staff, gave a chronology of events that transpired as far as securing a suitable office for Mr Amidu, was concerned.