AriseGhana has stated its plan to join the Minority in a picket outside the Bank of Ghana’s headquarters to demand the resignation of the Governor, Dr Ernest Addison, and his deputies.
The decision is rooted in the dispute surrounding the Central Bank’s new headquarters, which is said to have cost over $250 million.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) justified the building of a new headquarters by claiming that its present headquarters, which was erected in the 1960s, is no longer functional.
In a statement, AriseGhana stated that their choice to join the picketing is a result of the central bank’s mess.
“After painstakingly studying the damning revelations contained in the 2022 Report and financial statements of the Bank of Ghana, we have come to the conclusion that the Central Bank is in the unprecedented mess it presently finds itself because of crass mismanagement by the Addison-led Board and management.”
The NDC in a series of demands is kicking against the cost of building the new edifice located at Ridge and also demanding the resignation of the Bank’s governor and his two deputies.
AriseGhana is also concerned about the printing of money by the Bank in the years 2021 and 2022 which it attributed to recklessness and corruption.
“We hold the view that the illegal printing of money by BoG in the year 2021 and 2022 to the tune of GH¢77 billion to finance the recklessness of the corrupt Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP government, in flagrant disregard of section 30 of the BOG Act (as amended) is the height of irresponsibility and must be condemned by all well-meaning Ghanaians.”
