Members of the Locked-up Investment Forum have reiterated their resolve to continue picketing at the Finance Ministry every Wednesday, until their concerns are addressed.
The group on Wednesday June 12 picketed from the precincts of NDK Financial Services to the Finance Ministry to drum home their demands.
The group is calling for the payment of their funds as well as the revocation of the licences of some financial service companies including NDK.
However, before the licenses of these companies can be revoked, the Finance Ministry will have to give assurance to the Bank of Ghana of its ability to pay the locked-up funds of members of the group.
Priscilla Ayeh joined the picketing to represent her 70-year-old father.
She explains how difficult things have been for her family ever since his funds got locked-up.
“It has affected us greatly because my dad doesn’t take care of his children alone, he takes care of other people and this time that the economy has become so expensive, it has affected everything we do in the house from food to clothing to taking care of the home; how much more taking care of other people, “ she said.
Priscilla says she has since lost interest in the investment industry in Ghana and is calling on the Finance Ministry to address the matter or risk losing future investors.
For Space Klottey, he has endured hardship for four years after his company’s refusal to pay his interests.
“I invested my money with ndk in 2020, in 2020 I was getting the interest and all of a sudden it stopped, 2021, nothing 2022, 2023 I even went there and they got police to arrest me. Ever since I’ve been going up and down until we started mobilising people in the same position as myself. The financial institutions are no longer working and by the rules of the game, the Bank of Ghana should have revoked their licenses by now.”
The Ministry of Finance, after hours of picketing, called the leaders of the group for a meeting; however, the meeting did not take place.
Convener of the group Dr Adu Anani Antwi explained the Minister and his team were not available.
“We met the Director of Administration and the PRO and the message is that the Deputy Minister, the Minister and all the other relevant officers are in a meeting outside the office and so they are not here. If they finish the meeting earlier, they can speak to us, if not after the meeting they will try so that within the week they can arrange a meeting,” he said.
For now, the group intends to picket every Wednesday until November of this year if their concerns are not addressed.
By Judith Brown
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