Former NDC Central Regional Chairman, Bernard Allotey Jacobs says the Minority in Parliament's threat to picket Bank of Ghana if the Governors fail to heed their call to resign within 21 days will "end nowhere".
He likened the Minority to "kindergartens" while reacting to the matter during Peace FM's Wednesday edition of "Kokrokoo" show.
The Minority caucus says they will picket the Central Bank after their 21-day ultimatum if the Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison and his deputies remain at post.
They accuse Dr. Addison of mismanaging the Bank of Ghana, causing the bank to lose over 60 billion cedis.
"We in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) saw the red flags and have consistently warned of the mismanagement of the financial sector by the Governor of the Central Bank and his team of incompetent deputies.
"Only last week, the Annual Report and Financial Statement of the Bank of Ghana was released. This report depicted the catastrophic decline of the Bank into a bottomless pit. The report revealed the following astonishing facts...Bank of Ghana recorded a staggering loss of GHS60.8 billion, which is equivalent to $6 billion...twice the amount we are to receive from our recent IMF bailout.
"This means the recklessness and mismanagement of the Governor of the Bank of Ghana has cost the nation twice what we are struggling and sacrificing to receive from the IMF amid major conditionalities," Minority Leader, Ato Forson said during an event dubbed "Moment of Truth" held by the NDC on Tuesday, August 8.
Allotey Jacobs, in response, says "I disagree with this picketing. It will end nowhere!...This is a lazy man's work".
He questioned the authority of the Minority to demand Dr. Addison and his deputies should step down.
"Do they have the power to remove the Governor of Bank of Ghana?...Do they have power to appoint and disappoint? Who appoints the Governor of Bank of Ghana?", he queried.
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Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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This funnel-nose Allotey Jacobs thinks he is destroying NDC. He is rather bringing the whole nation down by not speaking truth to issues. Does Allotey support BOG for such a huge lost of money to the State? Why should Kwami Sefa Kayi always allow him all the time to spew and making unpatriotic statements on his partisan show or because of noko fiooo?
Sometimes a man's looks can 100% explain his character! What an ogly ***barred word***! His nose like doughnut!
I am not a supporter of NDC but this guy is just disgracing himself and he thinks he is getting back at NDC for kicking him out! He stole party money meant for their campaign(which was also stolen money by the way-politicians never use their hard-earned money to do politics). And peace fm ought to do better than bring this clown and embittered ex-thieef! to distract and pour cold water on a serious issue that poses serious threat to the financial sector! He thinks we are there to do comedy or what?
So this man was appointed to serve on ECG board. No wonder ECG is still struggling. I can imagine the kind of input he was giving to corporate strategy. Such a corrupt mind and dumb!
This oldman is fooling too much such a ***barred word*** person