#OccupyBoG demo: I never described Minority MPs as ‘hooligans’ – Dr Addison

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison, has denied describing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) members of Parliament (MPs) as hooligans during the #OccupyBoG protest in October 2023.

According to Dr Addison, the reported description did not come from him, but from a foreign media outlet that initially covered the story.

In October 2023, a coalition comprising minority parliamentarians, NDC supporters, and various interest groups organized the #OccupyBoG demonstration, demanding the resignations of Dr Addison and his deputies over allegations of economic mismanagement and unauthorized currency printing.

But in an interview with Central Banking, an international portal that reports on central banking issues, Dr Addison was said to have described the demonstration as “completely unnecessary”.

He is also alleged to have labeled the demonstrators as “hooligans” and asserted that neither he nor his deputies would step down.

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However, Dr. Ernest Addison firmly rejected these assertions when he appeared before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in Parliament on Monday, April 8, 2024.

He explained that the term “hooliganism” was an interpretation by the media outlet and not an accurate representation of his words.

“This is what I am coming to say that those who know me and know my character…you have not heard a single word of a recorded message with me describing parliamentarians in that manner. This was some foreign journalist’s description of the conversation we had and I disowned it,” he stated.