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Accusing the Minority Leader of a "sustained, relentless campaign of lies," the GoldBod CEO says he has reached out to new Majority Leader James Agalga to help arrange a Public Accounts Committee summons, since Afenyo-Markin has so far chosen press conferences over Parliament's own accountability tools.
The GoldBod CEO says the Auditor-General's audited accounts show no adverse findings, argues the IMF report never blamed GoldBod for the Bank of Ghana's $1.7bn Domestic Gold Purchase Programme losses, and has challenged Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin to summon him to Parliament, as the Minority stands by its demand for accountability.
Former national chairman Paul Afoko and former general secretary John Boadu are among those who picked forms on the opening day, with vetting set for August 31 to September 3 and the national polls slated for October 3.
Acting Rent Commissioner Frederick Opoku says 100 hostel applications will be assessed within three months, before schools reopen, dismissing pushback from Hostel Owners Association chairman Bishop Dr Akwasi Owusu-Bi over the process, its legal basis and a stalled Kumasi meeting.
Responding to the Minority's allegations of a $1.7 billion loss under the old Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, the GoldBod CEO detailed a mix of offtaker advances, a piloted FX forward scheme with banks, and the board's own capital, insisting the new trading model no longer depends on BoG money.
Hundreds from Dome-Kwabenya, Comet, Berekuso, Agyementi and Kitase marched over the deteriorating state of the road linking western Accra to Kitase, questioning why it was listed as completed in the Roads Ministry's 2026-2029 plan when work has repeatedly stalled, and later petitioned the President through two MPs.
Speaking at the launch of the MoMo Tech Lab in Accra, a three month innovation programme running across Accra, Kumasi and Tamale, the Communication Minister called for closer collaboration between academia, startups and regulators, while the Bank of Ghana urged young innovators to build in cybersecurity and data protection from the outset.
Citing an IMF review that put underrecoveries from the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme at $1.7 billion, or GH¢22 billion, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin pressed GoldBod to explain its pricing and off-taker deals, while CEO Sammy Gyamfi dismissed the claims as "blatant lies" and pointed to an Auditor-General report showing a GH¢5.4 billion surplus.
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