The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has dismissed as totally false and malicious a claim by the Member of Parliament for Tano South, Dr Gideon Boako, that the institution owes the Bank of Ghana an unpaid overdraft of GH¢1 billion.
In a statement signed by its Media Relations Officer, Prince Kwame Minkah, GoldBod said the claim forms part of a deliberate smear campaign against the organisation.
“For the records, the GoldBod has never at any time since its establishment taken a loan, overdraft or any debt instrument from the Bank of Ghana or any financial institution whatsoever,” the statement said.
GoldBod described the claim attributed to Dr Boako as contrived and said it should be treated with utmost contempt.
The Board entreated the MP to unequivocally retract the statement and apologise for putting out the falsehood.
