The Minority Caucus will meet today to choose the next date for the group’s Occupy BoG demonstration, according to Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu.
On Tuesday, October 3, thousands of people took to the streets to demand the resignation of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana and his two deputies for alleged mismanagement of the Central Bank.
The protest’s leadership refused to deliver their petition to the Bank’s Director of Security, who was delegated to receive it on behalf of the Governor.
The protest’s leadership refused to deliver their petition to the Bank’s Director of Security, who was delegated to receive it on behalf of the Governor.
In an interview with the media, Mr. Ablakwa restated the Minority’s position that the petition would only be presented to the Governor or his two deputies.
“Governors are being prosecuted in nations such as Nigeria. He should investigate what is happening to his colleagues so that governors do not believe they are immune. It has happened elsewhere, and some governors have been imprisoned for far less. I mean, you treat our laws with disdain, trample on them, ignore Parliament, and you continue to do so by refusing to accept a petition.”
“He will keep running away from the people. When you keep running away from the people you serve, it is clear that you have lost legitimacy. How long is he going to be running away from his own office?”
