The Member of Parliament (MP) representing Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George, has strongly criticized Dr. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, for his absence when the Minority presented their petition calling for his removal.
The MP went on to label Dr. Addison as a coward, suggesting that his absence was due to fear of the sizable crowd that had gathered during the #OccupyBoG protest.
During a media interview on Wednesday, October 4, Mr Nartey George emphasized that the MPs from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would not back down from their demand for the Governor’s resignation.
Mr. Nartey George asserted that he had always believed Dr. Addison lacked the courage and suitability required to lead the central bank.
“We were told stories that he wasn’t well and later told that he would come and receive our petition and we stood there for an hour and more and still failed to show up and sent a watchman to come and meet us.”
“I’ve always maintained that man (Dr. Ernest Addison) is a coward and we will protest till he comes out to receive our petition,” he said.
Dr Addison on Tuesday failed to show up to receive the petition from the NDC MPs.
The leadership of the OccupyBoG protest was met by Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng and a host of the Bank’s leaders, who told the protesters that Dr Addison was in a meeting with a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and was therefore unavailable to receive the petition.
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, in response, described the decision by Dr. Addison as appalling and disappointing. He refused to present the petition to anyone other than Dr Ernest Addsion.
He assured that another protest would be held on a date yet to be established to present the petition to the BoG Governor.