Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ranking Member of Parliament’s Economy and Development Committee, has accused the Majority caucus of deliberately resorting to in-camera sittings to control the public narrative surrounding the Bank of Ghana Governor’s responses.
Speaking to journalists, Oppong Nkrumah criticised the decision to bar the media from covering the Governor’s appearance before Parliament. He argued that the Governor had already submitted written responses and was prepared to provide explanations publicly, but the Majority insisted on a closed-door session.
According to him, the move was calculated to prevent Ghanaians from hearing factual answers directly and to allow the Majority to spin the Governor’s responses to suit their political agenda. “The Governor will not come and lie, and he will not come and do propaganda. That is why they are preventing him from appearing, because they know their narrative will be exposed,” he stated.
Oppong Nkrumah dismissed claims by Majority Leader Mahama Ayariga that the Governor had prepared a separate press statement, clarifying that the document referred to was an existing Bank of Ghana publication on foreign exchange operations. He maintained that the Majority’s insistence on in-camera sittings was aimed at shielding the truth from the public.
The Minority has also linked the Majority’s actions to attempts to suppress acknowledgment of the domestic gold purchase programme, which has been credited with stabilising Ghana’s forex market. They argue that admitting this publicly would highlight the role of former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the policy’s success.
Previous appearances by the Bank of Ghana Governor before Parliament were covered live, raising questions about why the current session was held behind closed doors.
