BoG Picketing: Minority Serves Notice to Police

August 22, 2023 Leave a comment

The Minority Leader of Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson has served notice to the Greater Accra Regional Commander of the Ghana Police Service to embark on a public protest on the 5th of September, 2023.

According to Ato Forson, the purpose of this protest is to express their revulsion against the illegal printing of money (about GHc80 billion) between 2021 and 2022 by Bank of Ghana(BoG) for the corrupt Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP government which led to a hyper-inflation rate of 54.1% in December 2022.

He said this singular act of BoG has negatively impacted livelihoods and businesses and pushed about 850,000 Ghanaians into poverty in the year 2022 alone.

“As representatives of the Ghanaian people, the Minority in Parliament is totally disgusted by the crass mismanagement and reckless mishandling of the affairs of the Bank of Ghana, which resulted in a gargantuan loss of GHc60.8 billion and a negative equity of GHc55.1 billion in 2022, with its attendant hardships on Ghanaians.

“We are further protesting the many acts of financial malfeasance by the Governor, his Deputies and Directors of the Bank of Ghana as contained in the 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statement of the Bank.

“The protest march is scheduled for Tuesday, 5th September, 2023 between the hours of 8:00 am and 6pm.

The converging point is the frontage of Parliament, where the protest shall commence.

ROUTE

Frontage of Parliament House – Osu Cemetery Traffic Light – Ministry of Finance – High Court Complex – Kinbu – Makola – Rawlings Park – Opera square – Bank of Ghana.

“The protest march will end at the frontage of the Bank of Ghana where we shall be picketing to demand the immediate resignation of the Governor, Deputy Governors and Board of Directors of the Bank.”

See below the full statement