The Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Consumers (CACM) has requested Parliament’s Speaker to accept, move, and consider on the resolution submitted on their behalf before the next mid-year budget is presented on July 27, 2023.
According to the coalition, members of Parliament have been unable to bring the matter to the forefront and to the floor for over two years after the motion was submitted on their behalf.
This was stated in a press statement signed and published by the CACM’s Convener and PRO, Frederick Forson, on Tuesday in Accra.
The CACM also said that the Attorney General has not been able to disclose to them how much the state earned from the public auctioning of Menzgold assets, even though they wrote to him for disclosures under the Right to Information Act of 2019.
“We also note that EOCO which is the organ of state investigating the matter, publicly said in 2022 they do not know which law Mr Nana Appiah Mensah (aka NAM1), CEO of Menzgold violated and so prosecuting him is difficult. Strangely, the criminal prosecution against NAM1 has seen 35 different adjournments with no hope in sight. The lackadaisical attitude of Ghana’s Attorney General towards prosecuting NAM 1 goes to confirm the assertion by EOCO,” he added.
The CACM said that the collapse of Menzgold has had a devastating impact on their lives, and they are calling on the government to take action to help them.
“We have witnessed economic, emotional and social tortures resulting in deaths of over 206 customers, three people have taken their own lives including a university lecturer, some gone insane, many people are down with stroke, family unions have been dismantled, some customers have gone blind, whilst others dreams have been shattered,” he added.
