{"id":181918,"date":"2024-05-14T05:59:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/14\/parliamentary-candidacy-wont-interfere-with-bank-duties\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T05:59:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:59:50","slug":"parliamentary-candidacy-wont-interfere-with-bank-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/14\/parliamentary-candidacy-wont-interfere-with-bank-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentary candidacy won&#8217;t interfere with bank duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tweneboa Kodua Fokuo, the newly appointed Managing Director (NIB) of the National Investment Bank (NIB), has clarified that his role as a Parliamentary Candidate won\u2019t interfere with his official duties at the bank.<\/p>\n<p>Fokuo\u2019s appointment has sparked controversy and criticism, particularly from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p>Critics question the Bank of Ghana\u2019s decision to approve a Parliamentary Candidate as the Chief Executive (CEO) of a struggling state bank during an election year.<\/p>\n<p>Kodua Fokuo is the New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Manso Nkwanta Constituency in the Ashanti Region. He emerged victorious over four other contenders in the party\u2019s parliamentary primary.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on Joy FM on Monday, Kodua Fokuo emphasised his commitment to his work at NIB and his role as a Parliamentary Candidate.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that he has never left the office for party work unless it was his leisure time.<\/p>\n<p>Kodua Fokuo stressed that he sees no conflict between his roles, stating, \u201cI do my work assiduously\u2026I have no challenge in ensuring that the bank is run properly\u2026There is not a single day that I have been outside the office that I am doing party work\u2026If I will be outside the office that is my leisure time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see any challenge. It doesn\u2019t conflict with my official work at the bank,\u201d he affirmed.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweneboa Kodua Fokuo, the newly appointed Managing Director (NIB) of the National Investment Bank (NIB), has clarified that his role as a Parliamentary Candidate won\u2019t interfere with his official duties at the bank. Fokuo\u2019s appointment has sparked controversy and criticism, particularly from the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Critics question the Bank of Ghana\u2019s decision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parliamentary candidacy won&#039;t interfere with bank duties - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/14\/parliamentary-candidacy-wont-interfere-with-bank-duties\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parliamentary candidacy won&#039;t interfere with bank duties - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tweneboa Kodua Fokuo, the newly appointed Managing Director (NIB) of the National Investment Bank (NIB), has clarified that his role as a Parliamentary Candidate won\u2019t interfere with his official duties at the bank. 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