The Volta Regional Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sorkpa Kafui Agbleze, has noted that the erstwhile government sought to gag Dr. Johnson Asiama through a baseless court case for seven years.
According to him, the BoG Governor was innocent and has been vindicated by the current government.
He noted that the move by the opposition in recent times to distract Dr. Asiama is unfounded and unnecessary.
In a statement quoted by myjoyonline.com, he said: “For seven good years, the NPP pursued a wicked and baseless agenda against him simply because he defended the Bank of Ghana’s decision – approved by its board – to provide liquidity support to some banks. The NPP government deliberately dragged Dr. Asiama through a prolonged legal ordeal, curtailing his freedom and imposing a heavy financial burden on him.”
“Yet, after all these years, they failed to prove any violation of the Bank of Ghana Act or establish that he caused financial loss to the state,” he said.
He believes that the governor acted in good faith to preserve banks during his tenure and should not be tried for seeking to help Ghana’s banking sector.
“So why was Dr Asiama singled out? His innocence has now been vindicated. It is clear he was targeted for political reasons because he defended legitimate financial decisions taken under the NDC government,” he said.
Therefore, “The clearance of all allegations against him is a well-deserved victory. It is high time the NPP clearly understood that their days of using Voltarians as scapegoats for their Machiavellian political tactics are over,” he further added.
Agbleze however called on Dr. Asiama to remain resolute in the midst of seeming distractions in his pursuit to “reset” Ghana’s banking sector.
“Finally, we urge the newly appointed, turbocharged Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, to remain focused and not be distracted by the empty noise of the opposition’s micro-minority – who, under their watch, plunged Ghana’s economy into hardship and instability.
“The people of the Volta Region and all well-meaning Ghanaians stand by him, confident that he will impeccably deliver in his new role to the shock of the marauding NPP naysayers,” he concluded.
His concerns come after the Minority caucus in Parliament petitioned the International Monetary Fund over the legitimacy of the appointment of the BoG Governor by President Mahama.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
