Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga has clarified that reports suggesting the dismissal of 100 Bank of Ghana (BoG) staff are inaccurate, stating that the affected individuals were only on a six-month probation period.
According to him, the workers in question were part of a group recruited during the final days of the previous Akufo-Addo administration.
Speaking in Parliament on Friday, June 27, he explained that their probation had come to an end, and the Governor of the Bank of Ghana had chosen not to permanently engage them at that point.
“They were people who were recruited in the dying days of the administration of the previous government, and they were taken on a six-month probation. They have come to the end of the probation period, and the person who has put them on probation doesn’t think they should continue. If you fail a probation, the person is entitled not to permanently engage you, and so he decided not to continue,” he said.
The clarification comes in response to demands by the Minority Caucus for the Central Bank Governor to appear before the House to explain the terminations.
The majority leader further revealed that after pleas and intervention, the BoG Governor had extended the affected workers’ probation by an additional six months, giving them a second opportunity to prove themselves.
“Upon pleas and intervention, he has extended their probation for another six months to allow them to prove themselves,” he added.
