{"id":186717,"date":"2024-06-04T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/mahama-ayariga-demands-answers-from-bog-government-of-ghana-write-offs-others\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T16:12:52","slug":"mahama-ayariga-demands-answers-from-bog-government-of-ghana-write-offs-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/04\/mahama-ayariga-demands-answers-from-bog-government-of-ghana-write-offs-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama Ayariga demands answers from BoG, Government of Ghana write-offs, others\u2028\u2028\u2028 \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has demanded that the\u00a0Bank of Ghana\u00a0provide specific information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.<\/p>\n<p>Acting on instructions from the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Mr. Ayariga has submitted a formal request for detailed particulars.<\/p>\n<p>Among his demands is the status of the write-offs made concerning the government\u2019s indebtedness to the\u00a0Bank of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the former Information Minister is seeking explanations for the combined losses of approximately GHC70 billion reported in the BoG\u2019s financial statements for 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ayariga has also requested an update on the expenses related to the controversial head office building, noting that the costs have been escalating.<\/p>\n<p>He has asked the\u00a0Bank of Ghana\u00a0to fulfill his demands within the seven-day period stipulated by the RTI Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDetailed particulars of the status of the write-offs made in respect of the government\u2019s indebtedness to BoG.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReasons for the combined losses of circa GHC70 billion as stated in the BoG\u2019s financial statements for 2022 and 2023,\u201d an excerpt of his request stated.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has demanded that the\u00a0Bank of Ghana\u00a0provide specific information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Acting on instructions from the Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, Mr. Ayariga has submitted a formal request for detailed particulars. Among his demands is the status of the write-offs made concerning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mahama Ayariga demands answers from BoG, Government of Ghana write-offs, others\u2028\u2028\u2028 \u2013 - 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\/06\/04\/mahama-ayariga-demands-answers-from-bog-government-of-ghana-write-offs-others\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mahama Ayariga demands answers from BoG, Government of Ghana write-offs, others\u2028\u2028\u2028 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has demanded that the\u00a0Bank of Ghana\u00a0provide specific information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. 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