{"id":182758,"date":"2024-05-15T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/akufo-addo-has-turned-nib-into-a-hub-for-party-foot-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T17:01:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:01:28","slug":"akufo-addo-has-turned-nib-into-a-hub-for-party-foot-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/akufo-addo-has-turned-nib-into-a-hub-for-party-foot-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo has turned NIB into a hub for party foot soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns about the government\u2019s handling of the National Investment Bank (NIB), alleging it has become a platform for members of the New Patriotic Party.<\/p>\n<p>This concern arises from the recent appointment of Tweneboa Kodua Fokuo, the NPP\u2019s Parliamentary Candidate for Manso Nkwanta, as the Managing Director of the NIB.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus further claims that the situation is exacerbated by the bank\u2019s Deputy Managing Director, who was also a politically active individual who previously contested the Fomena Member of Parliament seat.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, while addressing journalists in Accra, the Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, expressed his reservations about such a development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Akufo-Addo is destroying the governance of our country. In the sense that even banks, a typical example like the NIB has been turned into a hub where they harbour foot soldiers of the party. You have a bank that is struggling, a bank that is almost collapsed, a bank that we know that the governance structure regime is extremely poor but we all want to nurture the bank because obviously it is a state bank.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis president in spite of all the problems of the NIB has decided to appoint a PC, someone who is going to contest the election in six months as the MD of the state bank, NIB. And I am surprised at the governor, Governor Addison the printer also had the temerity to approve such a person to become the MD of the NIB.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deputy of the same politically exposed person who is now the MD of the NIB is also another politically exposed person,\u201d he stated.<\/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<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns about the government\u2019s handling of the National Investment Bank (NIB), alleging it has become a platform for members of the New Patriotic Party. 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