Pressure Group, Arise Ghana has announced its intention to join the Minority in Parliament picketing outside the premises of the Bank of Ghana to demand the resignation of the Governor, Dr Ernest Addison and his Deputies.
The group’s decision is rooted in the controversy surrounding the construction of the Central Bank’s new headquarters, which is reported to cost around 250 million dollars.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) justified the construction of the new headquarters, insisting that its current head office, built in the 1960s, is no longer fit for purpose.
Arise Ghana, in a statement, said its decision to join the picketing was borne out of the mess committed by the Central Bank. It said after painstakingly studying the damning revelations contained in the 2022 Report and Financial Statements of the Bank of Ghana, they 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.
In a series of demands, the NDC is kicking against the cost of building the new edifice located at Ridge and the resignation of the Bank’s Governor and his two deputies. Arise Ghana is also concerned about the printing of money by the Bank in 2021 and 2022, which it attributes to recklessness and corruption.
