Ghana’s banking sector has been saved from total collapse thanks to Ghanaians who voted the Mahama administration out in the 2016 polls, Mr Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said.
According to him, but for the change in government, the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Mahama administration, would not have taken steps to clean up the banking sector in order to safeguard customers’ deposits as being done by current Central Bank Governor Dr Ernest Addison under under the Akufo-Addo administration.
Mr Otchere-Darko’s comment follows the merger of five struggling local banks – The BEIGE, Royal, The Construction, unibank and Sovereign banks – by the central bank into the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited.
According to the BoG, The BEIGE, Sovereign and Construction banks obtained their banking licences under false pretences through the use of suspicious and non-existent capital, whereas The Royal Bank had non-performing loans which constitute 78.9 per cent of loans and uniBank had a capital deficit of GHS7.4 billion compared to the regulatory minimum of GHS400 million.
Commenting on Facebook, Mr Otchere-Darko said: “We expect Ghana’s investigative journalists and think tanks to focus on the rot that would have collapsed the entire financial infrastructure in the country had government and BoG not acted and let us know how things got that bad and how to guard against it.
“Can you imagine what would have happened if you, the voter, didn’t effect change in 2016? We would have probably woken up one day with all our deposits disappeared! That’s how bad things were. I salute the current leadership of the economy.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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Gabby is becoming a nuisance. He should just ***barred word*** and allow government officials respond to querries raised against any government policy. In what capacity does he make those responses? Some of the interventions and commentaries that he has made has rather embarrased the govt.
WICKED PEOPLE. GOD WILL PUNISH YOU ONE BY ONE
can you blame Gabby, until we stop politicking the appointments of BOG governor and other critical positions in GH this will continue and people like Gabby and NDC communicators will single out one bank and in their interest and play politics with it. let us make better choices.
So all you care about is to win power but not develop the country. Guys wise up bcos your children and grand children must not suffer for your ill-thoughts. Ghana will rise again
I think this Gabby guy thinks we have bore holes in our brains. Gabby you cant joke with our lives. Keep on being Social Media President for your Uncle. Your time will end very very soon. H00dlumps like you are enjoying whiles we are suffering. Avu.
This Garby look at his face. ***barred word*** surrounding president. God will punish u all
Funny backyard president Ochere Garby. Your presidency will be over in 2020. Keep on saving banks with your mouth.
Bawumia helped Kufuor to shamefully devaluate the cedi now he is helping Akoto Addo to collapse banks.He should continue, lies will not save him.