Private legal practitioner Kwesi Botchwey Jnr. has filed Right to Information (RTI) requests at the Economic and Organized Crime Office and the Ghana Statistical Service over claims made by President John Dramani Mahama during the 2026 State of the Nation Address.
In a Facebook post dated March 2, 2026, the lawyer disclosed that his petition to EOCO relates to the president’s statement that the anti-corruption agency investigated 462 cases and recovered more than GH¢600 million as of December 2025.
Mr. Botchwey is requesting detailed information on the specific cases from which the GH¢600 million was recovered, the individuals involved, the nature of the cases, their suit numbers, the dates of recovery, and the bank accounts into which the funds were deposited.
In a separate RTI application to the Ghana Statistical Service, Kwesi Botchwey is seeking a breakdown of the one million jobs President Mahama claimed were created between the first and third quarters of 2025.
The lawyer has asked for clarity on how many of the reported jobs were created in the private sector and how many were generated in the public sector. He is also requesting details of the institutions—both public and private—credited with creating the jobs.
President Mahama, during his address to Parliament on February 27, 2026, cited data from the Ghana Statistical Service to support his claim that one million people gained employment within the stated period.
