{
  "id": 1930824,
  "title": "Sammy Gyamfi dares Afenyo-Markin to produce evidence of GoldBod losses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/sammy-gyamfi-dares-afenyo-markin-to-produce-evidence-of-goldbod-losses",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T12:21:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/sammy-gyamfi-dares-afenyo-markin-to-produce-evidence-of-goldbod-losses/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ghana's Ghana Gold Board CEO, Sammy Gyamfi, has challenged opposition leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin to present evidence of GoldBod's losses in 2025. Speaking at a Government Accountability Series event, Gyamfi insisted the claims were unsupported by the Auditor-General's report, which stated GoldBod did not record any losses. Gyamfi also dismissed allegations that the Auditor-General was denied access to complete information on GoldBod's transactions, stating the auditor had full access to all needed documents. The CEO asserted the Auditor-General found no adverse findings against GoldBod in the 2025 report. Gyamfi further accused Afenyo-Markin and his supporters of shifting focus after initial claims of GoldBod losses failed, now blaming the board for losses at the Bank of Ghana under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme. He challenged Afenyo-Markin to provide specific evidence of GoldBod's fault in the Bank of Ghana's reported losses, urging the media to rely on the actual content of official documents rather than political interpretations.",
  "summary": "Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, has accused supporters of Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin of deliberately disregarding the Auditor-General’s findings on the institution’s 2025 financial performance. Speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Wednesday, August 19, Mr Gyamfi insisted that claims that GoldBod recorded losses in 2025 were not…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ghana Business News",
        "title": "Post-regime accountability awaits you – Afenyo-Markin warns GoldBod officials",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/post-regime-accountability-awaits-you-afenyo-markin-warns-goldbod",
        "published": "2026-08-19T05:22:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}