The New Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it still stands by its decision to embark on its planned demonstration slated for September 5, stating emphatically that nothing will stop it.
This comes after the Ghana Police Service filed for an injunction on Wednesday against the Minority’s proposed routes for its protest.
The minority’s demonstration is aimed at removing the Bank of Ghana’s governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, and his deputies from office due to alleged mismanagement that resulted in a GH60.8 billion loss and a GH55 billion negative equity in the bank’s 2022 Annual Report and Financial Statement.
In addressing the media on Wednesday, the minority expressed disappointment in the move by the police, describing it as a means to prevent them from protesting.
“We received a letter on Wednesday from the Ghana Police Service accompanied by a bailiff from the Accra High Court who served a notice or motion for an order to prohibit our Bank of Ghana protest, and we must say that we are very disappointed with this development which is an attempt to scatter the protest which is intended to hold the governor and his deputies accountable for their mismanagement of the bank which resulted in an unprecedented and colossal loss of GH¢60.8 billion, an amount which has had serious consequences on the economy and pushed close to one million Ghanaians into poverty.”
“And let us assure the people of Ghana that, as representatives, we will keep our sacred duty and we will uphold the public interest in line with our constitutionally guaranteed right to publicly protest, and we want to assure the people of Ghana that we have resolved to embark on this protest and nothing will stop us.”
