BoG Governor having called us hooligans, he will get a response of hooligans – Ayariga

Mahama Ayariga, a member of the minority caucus, has threatened to show Bank of Ghana Governor Ernest Addison “what hooligans do” for calling them that.

Dr. Addison stated that the #OccupyBoG demonstration on Tuesday was “completely unnecessary” and that he will not step down after the event.

“The minority in parliament have many channels to channel their grievances in civilised societies, not through demonstrations in the streets as hooligans”, Dr Addison said.

In a response to that comment, Mr Ayariga said: “Dr Addison says we are hooligans, so, we will show him what hooligans do”.

“I, Mahama Ayariga, am saying that he will see what hooligans do”, the Bawku Central MP threatened, adding: “I don’t know what my colleagues will think, but when we meet, we will discuss and let you know”.

“But I’m sure that having called us hooligans, he will get a response of hooligans”, Mr Ayariga disclose it in an interview with Citi FM.

“I did not for once image that the central bank governor will be so frustrated as to respond that way, to call your members of parliament, hooligans, people who have written to the police to demonstrate, the police raised issues, we went to court, they postponed the demonstration two times, we went to court, we responded…, we had meetings with the police, we came to a clear understanding on the route…, and anybody who monitored the protest march saw that it was one of the most peaceful, orderly, well organised.”

“…we got to where the police said we should stop, we stopped there, they took us to the Bank of Ghana head office, only for him [Governor] to send his head of security to come and collect our petition and we said no, we will not give our petition to him because we didn’t come to give a petition to the head of security. How can you describe people who have conducted themselves this way, as hooligans and you are the Governor of central bank. But I can understand, where the arrogance of power has sent some people and so in future, when it becomes difficult to manage our people [protesters] because they have been branded hooligans and they want to show what hooliganism means, he will come and answer. I really have nothing to say now, I’m just waiting for our colleagues [Minority MPs and allies] for us to have a meeting and give him a response.

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com