Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has disclosed that there are ongoing efforts to draft a legislation to facilitate lifestyle audits for people suspected of accumulating unexplained wealth.
The Speaker said the proposed law is a component of larger efforts to bolster the nation’s anti-corruption campaign.
Once the legislation is implemented, state institutions like EOCO, OSP will have the authority to look into the lives of public servants, people with political exposure, and private citizens whose living standards don’t seem to match their declared sources of incomes.
“I am currently receiving extensive input to initiate legislation on lifestyle audits. It’s no surprise that this issue is gaining prominence in the speeches of senior officials and civil society organisations. I’m encouraged that the Vice President and the Office of the Special Prosecutor have also begun discussing it,” he said.
“We will legislate it and put an end to individuals flaunting ill-gotten wealth in the faces of ordinary Ghanaians,” Speaker Bagbin added.
The Speaker made this known during a strategic engagement with Ghana’s Key Accountability Institutions (KAI) in Parliament on June 9, 2025.
