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Former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Yaw Obed Asamoah, is advocating the creation of an Office of Independent Public Prosecutor. This, he said is absolutely necessary if the country is to effectively fight corruption and stealing. He said the current arrangement where the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice doubles as chief legal advisor to the president and also the chief prosecutor lends itself to inefficiency. He was speaking on Joy FM�s Super Morning Show Friday on the back of the launch of his book on the politics of Ghana. Corruption has been widely acknowledged as reaching historic high levels in the country with many government agencies and public sector institutions mired in the canker. Media reports and public audits have unraveled audacious acts of plain stealing, rent seeking and reckless conduct leading to loss of huge sums of money to the state. Government�s actions on these reports have been described by anti-corruption campaigners as lagging at best and duplicitous at worse. Discussing the issue, Dr. Asamoah who served as Attorney-General under the Rawlings regime, said an Independent Prosecutor, �can go against elements of the government.�