• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Photo Gallery
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • ChannelOne TV
  • Infographics
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Listen To CitiFM
  • Watch ChannelOneTV
  • Videos
  • Citi Verify
  • Elections
No Result
View All Result
Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Listen To CitiFM
  • Watch ChannelOneTV
  • Videos
  • Citi Verify
  • Elections
No Result
View All Result
Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana
No Result
View All Result

#OccupyBoGProtest: Ernest Addison’s snub appalling – Minority

Abigail ArthurbyAbigail Arthur
October 3, 2023
Reading Time: 2 mins read
ShareShareShareShare

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has strongly criticized the decision by Dr. Ernest Addison, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, to delegate the director of Security to accept a petition on his behalf from protesters of Tuesday’s OccupyBoG protest.

The minority described the decision by the Dr Addison as appalling and disappointing.

The leadership of the OccupyBoG protest were met by Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng and a host of the Bank’s leadership, 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.

“We were informed that you would come and present the petition, but as we speak, the governor is meeting the IMF team,” Mr Boateng told the protesters.

But the Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson described the decision as disrespectful and refused to present the petition until the governor meets the minority leadership in person.

“It is very disrespectful not to receive the petition himself. Not even the deputy is here, and we never said we were going to present our petition to security, and that we would not give you the petition. Now that he has decided to disrespect us, we will not present our petition, and so we will go and come back again.”

Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa told Umaru Sanda Amadu in an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Tuesday that “We are going to continue with our demonstration. We are reconvening tomorrow.”

“Remember that this is a coalition. We have other political parties CPP, PNC, PPP  and others. We have other CSOs AriseGhana, we have various branches of GPRTU and all of that. So it’s a grand coalition. We are reconvening tomorrow and we will look at the date.”

Mr Ablakwa similarly said they were appalled and disappointed by the decision of the governor and his deputies not to receive the petition in person.

“We were totally appalled. We felt disappointed when it wasn’t the governor who showed up to receive the petition,” he stated.

Tags: #OccupyBoGProtestGhana NewsheadlineSam Okudzeto Ablakwa
ShareTweetSendSend
Previous Post

Pula CEO Thomas Njeru named to the Time100 Next  most influential people in the world

Next Post

Eyewitness News, Tuesday, 3rd October, 2023

Related Posts

Featured

Mahama inaugurates committee to oversee UGMC handover to UG

July 8, 2025
Featured

Health Ministry pledges Catheterisation Lab for KATH following Doctor’s death

July 8, 2025
Business

Joy FM’s Edem Knight-Tay joins UMB in strategic communications role

July 8, 2025
Featured

Chief Justice’s role too powerful, vulnerable to abuse — Prof. Prempeh warns

July 8, 2025
Featured

Govt to transfer ownership of UGMC to University of Ghana – Education Minister

July 8, 2025
General

Ashanti Police reaffirm commitment to fighting abuse, urge confidential reporting

July 8, 2025
Next Post

Eyewitness News, Tuesday, 3rd October, 2023

ADVERTISEMENT
Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana

CitiNewsroom.com is Ghana's leading news website that delivers high quality innovative, alternative news that challenges the status quo.

Archives

Download App

Download

Download

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Photo Gallery
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • ChannelOne TV
  • Infographics

© 2024 All Rights Reserved Citi Newsroom.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Listen To CitiFM
  • Watch ChannelOneTV
  • Videos
  • Citi Verify
  • Elections

© 2024 All Rights Reserved Citi Newsroom.