Host of Metro TV’s ‘Good Evening Ghana’ programme, Paul Adom Otchere has rendered an apology to Head of Security at the Bank of Ghana, Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng whom he feels was disrespected by the leadership of #OccupyBoG protest who stormed the streets of Accra on Tuesday October 3, 2023.
He explains that under no circumstance should Ato Forson disrespect such a man because he holds a higher profile better than him.
If you look at this man’s profile and Ato Forson’s profile, given that Ato Forson has been elected by some people, I respect that. But if you look at the two profiles Ato forson should not be able to tell him that “you have disrespected me because they say you should come for the petition.” I am really apologizing to this man for the way in which the minority held him in such contempt,” he said.
As the group, which has been calling for the resignation of Dr. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, had initially planned, they intended to submit a petition to the leader of the institution.
In a more extreme scenario, the Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, anticipated that either of the Governor’s two deputies would step forward to accept the petition.
However, this anticipated course of action did not materialize.
Instead, the document was received on behalf of the Governor by Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng, the Head of Security at the Bank of Ghana.
Nevertheless, the group declined to hand over the petition to this representative of Dr. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and prior to this, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority Leader in Parliament, delivered a statement.
We never said we are going to present our petition to the head of security or to someone in charge of security, with all due respect.
“They have actually mismanaged the affairs of the central bank; they have mismanaged the affairs of monetary policy. Today, Ghana, our beloved country is on its knees. you are not the one responsible, and we will not give you our petition,” he stated.