The Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Ernest Addison has told Central Banking that he rejects demands on him to resign made by the main opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Dr Ernest Addison in an interview with Central Banking, an international portal that reports on central banking issues said “The demonstration yesterday was completely unnecessary”, and neither he nor his deputies intend to step down. “The minority in parliament have many channels to channel their grievances.
Dubbed #OccupyBoGDemo, the protesters also drummed home their grievances about the current economic hardship, which they said had plunged many people into destitution, poverty, and hopelessness.
It was a protest that represented all the macrocosm of the nation, with the young, old, disabled, women and men from all walks of life coming together to voice their concerns, and to let the world know what one protester called the “anger of the masses”.
Led by the Minority in Parliament and some leading members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), the protesters demanded the sacking of the Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, and the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and a further shake-up of the government’s economic management team to turn the economy around.
The Minority Members of Parliament from the National Democratic Congress, and some smaller groups took part in a march on the central bank’s headquarters on October 3 in a street protest dubbed #OccupyBoGProtest.
Source: Graphic online
