A male pensioner believed to be a retired police officer has lambasted the Ministry of Finance over the delay to pay pensioners whose government bonds have matured.
Although the government has started settling its debt, it is yet to pay all pensioners their monies.
The aggrieved pensioner who joined many picket at the Finance Ministry this week accused the government of being sly, noting that the ministry keeps cajoling and hiding the current state of matters.
He noted that it is unacceptable that government trivializes their concern.
“That period our money was with them was just a waste. They should try and give us the capital. Some of us are ready to take our capital. They cant be ‘fanfooling’ us like this. What they are doing.
According to him, pensioners would not be treated this badly should their funds have been in the possession of Nana Appiah Mensah popularly known as NAM1, and not government.
“It is worse than NAM 1 issue. NAM 1 is an individual company or entity but you, the whole government, you’d be tricking pensioners like this,” he bemoaned.
The businessman is accused of operating a Ponzi scheme that caused many Ghanaians to lose their investments made into his gold dealership firm, MenzGold.
Menzgold Ghana Limited which promised customers an average of 7–10 percent monthly returns on investments was subsequently shut down in September 2018 by the Ghana Securities and Exchange Commission.