GoldBod: Day of reckoning will come – Afenyo-Markin

Minority Leader and Effutu MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin has issued a warning that those responsible for alleged financial losses at the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) will one day face accountability. During a Minority press conference at Parliament on Tuesday, August 18, Afenyo-Markin stated that the Minority would not back down from raising concerns about GoldBod’s operations, despite facing attacks on their personal character.

He firmly maintained that GoldBod must account for the GH¢22 billion loss, asserting that the alleged loss equated to causing financial harm to the state. "So they must account for the GH¢22 billion loss. It must account for it because it amounts to causing financial loss to the state," he declared. The Minority leader vowed to persistently raise the issue, regardless of the response from GoldBod officials, emphasizing that the day of reckoning would come.

He stressed that the Minority’s role was to scrutinize public resource management and demand accountability from state institutions. These remarks come amidst a dispute between the Minority and GoldBod over the institution’s financial performance, with GoldBod disputing claims that it has experienced losses.