Member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) legal team, Gary Nimako says concerns that Kissi Agyebeng is not of age enough to take up the job of Special Prosecutor is unfounded.
Speaking on Newsnight, the legal practitioner stated that when reviewing and passing the law for the establishment of the Special Prosecutor’s office, there were no stipulations that outlined the age requirement for the position.
Thus, Mr Agyebeng should be rather judged based on his competence adding that arguments about the 45-year-old’s qualifications should be situated within the confines of the law.
“If you look at the office there is a clear guideline as to the qualification criteria, I have not seen in the law that you must be 50, 55 or 45 years before you are qualified to be in the position. So the question about age, with all respect to Hon Fuseini is neither here nor there. Because he was in parliament when the law was being passed and no age was put in the law, so the issue about age to me is a no starter.”