The Minority in Parliament has chosen Tuesday, September 5 as date to march to the head office of the Bank of Ghana in an escalated action to force the Governor and his two deputies to resign.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Members of Parliament (MPs) gave Dr Ernest Yedu Addison and the two Deputy Governors – Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari and Elsie Addo Awadzi – 21 days to resign after they posted a GH¢60.8 billion in 2022.
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, on Monday, August 21 wrote to the Accra Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service to notify them on the action to “occupy” the Bank of Ghana.
“The purpose of this protest is to express our revulsion against the illegal printing of money (about GH¢80 billion) between 2021 and 2022 by BoG for the corrupt Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP government which led to a hyper-inflation rate of 54.1% in December 2022,” the Minority indicated in its letter.
The caucus later stated: “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.”
Protestors will converge at the frontage of Parliament on the day of the protest.
They will march along the Osu Cemetery, Ministry of Finance, High Court Complex, Kinbu, Makola, Rawlings Park, Opera Square and end up at the Central Bank.
“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.”