Vice President HE.Dr. Alhaji Mahamoud Bawumia has disclosed that Government has already spent over Ghc13 billion paying depositors of collapsed banks and other financial institutions.
According to him, the President has given the assurance no depositor of a Bank, Savings and Loan or Microfinance Company would lose even a pesewa of their deposits.
Cleaning NDCs Mess
Speaking at the Kumasi edition of the Town Hall meeting and Results Fair at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University Of Science And Technology (KNUST), he explained that all depositors of these institutions will receive [a 100%] refund of their deposits since this was no fault of their own.
"The government has asked the receiver (working with the Bank of Ghana) to expedite the validation and payment of depositors so that all depositors will receive their monies after validation.
"I will also like to add that this refund will also extend to customers of DKM who have not as yet received the full refund of their deposits. We are therefore cleaning up the mess the NDC created in the financial sector," he added.
Playing the Ostrich
Dr Bawumia also accused the erstwhile Mahama government of playing the Ostrich, burying its head in the sand and papering over the cracks, which were noticeable as far back as 2012.
"We (the Akufo-Addo government) inherited a financial system that was weak and fragile with several institutions tht ahd collapsed or were on the verge of collapse. The Bank of Ghana in cleaning up and strengthening the financial sector, revoked the licenses of many banks, savings and loans and microfinance companies. Some have criticized the action the action of the Central Bank for a variety of reasons.
"(But) first of all, let us remember that the failures of financial institutions that have witnessed recently, were a direct result of a system of poor licensing, non-existent capital, weak corporate governance characterized by related party transactions, political influence peddling, cronyism, among other things.
"The NDC government and the previous management of the Bank of Ghana had ample time to address impending failures. They were aware of the problems in 2015 in the case of banks and as far back as 2012 in the case of savings and loans and microfinance companies. Even in opposition, I alerted the country that on the basis of available data, 8 banks were likely to collapse but they refused to act," the Vice President Bawumia recalled.
Background
The financial sector clean-up, commenced by the Akufo-Addo administration in August 2017, has led to the collapse of nine universal banks, 347 microfinance companies, 39 microcredit companies or money lenders, 15 savings and loans companies, eight finance house companies, and two non-bank financial institutions over issues of maintaining the minimum capital requirement.
The most recent has to do with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoking the licenses of some 53 Fund Management Companies.
The fund management companies who have lost their licenses were said to be managing a customer base of about 56,000 whose funds run in excess of GH¢8 billion out of the total GHc25 billion of the entire securities sector.
SEC also explained that the revocation is “in accordance with its mandate of protecting investors and the integrity of the capital market.”
Financial sector cleanup yielding positive results
A Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Awadzi had earlier said that the Central Bank’s banking sector clean-up had started to yield positive results.
According to her, the move which led to the collapse of some banks has helped to protect depositors’ funds and instilled confidence in the Ghanaian banking sector.
Culprits in the banking sector crisis facing justice
Currently, some directors of the collapsed financial institutions have been put before the court whilst others are facing trial.
The on-going prosecutions will specifically ensure that all those culpable, as well as the negligent officials of the regulators, will face justice as soon as possible.
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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Everyday we are clearing NDC mess, haba! For good four years you haven't clear the so-called mess. You are failure, please let us be flank! You think Ghanaians are ***barred word***, we are not! Everyday pushing your failures to the previous government. Then why did Ghanaians voted for NPP? Lazy vice-president!
THE CENTER IS NOT HOLDING MR VICE PRESIDENT. WE ARE WISE NOW. NO MORE LIES.
NPP IS LIKE THE BABOON THAT GRABBS A MILLIPEDE, TAKES A HARD BITE OF THE MILLIPEDE AND HIDES THE REMAINING PART OF THE MILLIPEDE THINKING NO ONE IS AWARE THAT HE (THE BABOON) IS EATING A FILTY FOOD.
should this comic exercise be the Vice's? As if Ghanaians are blind.
Agyapah Merci Mr. PDC
Dr.Bawumia will destroy NDC. He is a big headache to the umbrella family. Adongo, FiIfi Kwetey and Ato Forson have not been able to tackle him. Ato would have been the best, but Adongo has relegated him. But Adongo does not sound smart and is not likeable. NDC has a big headache, not just airbus bribe issues.
Defeat is rather staring the Airbus bribe taker directly in the face. Ghanaians know too well that ndc is incompetent. Npp’s worst performance is always ndc’s best. But wait till Amidu is done with his investigation into GO1 and his brother Intermediary one. Ndc yaa mutu. Dr.Bawumia is very intelligent.
DEFEAT STARING AT YOU MR.VICE PRESIDENT. WE ARE SORRY. WE WON'T BE ***barred word*** AGAIN
If the rules were applied fairly, ADB, NIB and Prudential Bank should have gone down as well. BOG used the Financial Statements of the banks to collapse them. Same financial statements showed ADB, NIB and Prudential Bank were in same 'crisis' as per BOG rules. These 3 banks mentioned did not meet the minimum capital requirements given by BOG as at 31st December 2018, but they were not downgraded or collapsed. What went into BOG's decision? Was Prudential Bank left off the hook because it gave $2 million dollars as loan to NPP when they were in opposition? Were NIB and ADB left off the hook because they were government banks? We need to know the underlying reasons.
John Mahama aka Kanazoe ford bribe taker. Now we know how the guinea fowls flew out of Ghana. On airbus piloted by his brother. Asem ooooooo ndc