Majority Leader misunderstood the BoG issues and needs to update himself – Minority Leader hits back

Dr. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, the minority leader in the House of Representatives, has confronted Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, claiming that he purposefully chose to dismiss Ghanaians’ worries about the Bank of Ghana difficulties.

The Majority Leader accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs of misrepresenting the problems with the Central Bank in an interview with Accra-based Oman FM, prompting the Minority Leader to ask these questions.

The Governor, Dr. Ernest Addision, and his two appointees had been given 21 days by the NDC MPs to quit.

But according to Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, as a former deputy finance minister, their leader, Dr. Ato Forson, ought to have been more knowledgeable about the connection between the Bank and Parliament.

“Is the Majority Leader suggesting to us that it is right for the affairs of the Central Bank to be mismanaged to this level? Is he by any means suggesting that one must defend his party’s position on every single national issue, even if this is inimical to the national interest? Is it not intriguing and ironic that the Leadership of the Majority Caucus in Parliament and the NPP party are always quick to state that Ato Forson once worked at the Ministry of Finance and must know better?”

“The Bank of Ghana Governor does not directly report to Parliament,” the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs said in the interview.

“We should not make everything about NPP and NDC. Ato Forson should have known better because he has held the position of Deputy Minister of Finance before and knows the operations of the Bank of Ghana. So if you politicize issues of the BoG, it is not good for the country.”

Read the full post of Dr Ato Forson posted by Kojo Dynamic a youth activist on twitter below:

Minority Leader, Hon. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson writes;

RE: BoG's issues – it's either the Minority is exaggerating or haven't examined the facts – Majority Leader

I have come across this publication from an interview the Majority Leader in Parliament reportedly granted to Oman…

— KOJO DYNAMIC 𓃵 (@AnnanPerry) August 14, 2023

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— Cassiel Ato Forson(PhD) (@Cassielforson) August 14, 2023

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com