Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Minority Leader, has described as false assertions made by the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagbah, claiming he was a member of the Bank of Ghana Board when the building of the bank’s new headquarters began.
The Minority Caucus leader described the claims as a “desperate attempt [by the NPP] to defend the indefensible.”
The lawmaker rejected the allegations, stating that the central bank never awarded a contract for the new headquarters’ construction.
He also denied the claim that the BoG purchased a land anywhere in Accra for the construction of the building.
“For the record, I was not part of the processes for the construction of this new Head Office building, and the Bank of Ghana Board never began such processes for the construction of this new Head Office building at Ridge. We maintain that the decision by the current Bank of Ghana Management and Board to construct an ultra-modern Head Office building at a time when the Bank of Ghana has recorded a loss of GhS60.8 billion and a negative equity of GHS55.1 billion; at a time when the ordinary Ghanaian is struggling to make ends meet, is a reckless and misplaced priority.”
“No attempt at equalisation can redeem the historical collapse and mismanagement of the Bank of Ghana by this Akufo-Addo/Bawumia NPP government, alongside Governor Addison and his management. The countdown to the resignation of the Governor and his deputies is still on,” Dr. Forson added.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
