By: Edmond Tetteh
Members of the Pensioner Bond Holders Forum on Thursday, June 22, 2023 resumed picketing premises of the Ministry of Finance in Accra.
The members say the government has not paid the six coupons that are currently outstanding.
The Convener of the Forum, Dr. Adu Anane Antwi said, the picketing will continue on Friday, June 23, 2023, if members do not get any indication of payment by close of business, Thursday, June 22, 2023.
After a temporary two-week suspension of their protest, during which the government fulfilled its promise to settle four principles and matured coupons, the bondholders reassembled to press for the resolution of the remaining financial obligations.
The government’s commitment to fulfilling the principal payments has been acknowledged by the forum, but attention is now directed toward the unpaid coupons that have matured since June 5, 2023.
The Pensioner Bondholders Forum recently expressed its intention to file a petition with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) concerning the government’s handling of their demands.
