Pensioner Bondholders Request Intervention of Former Presidents For An Exemption

The Pensioner Bondholder Forum has started the process of getting in touch with Former Presidents John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama in order to enlist their support and intervene on its behalf.

As a result of these interactions, the Forum stated: “we have canceled our intended convergence at the premises of the Ministry of Finance on Monday 23rd of January 2023, and informed the Police accordingly.”

All pensioners in the nation who have invested in government bonds speak for themselves through the Pensioner Bondholder Platform, a forum for the preservation of pensioner assets.

Dr. Adu A. Antwi, Forum Convener, said in a statement released in Accra,

“we have petitioned the Government to exempt all pensioners holding Government Bonds from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme on the same basis used for the exemption of Pension Funds from the program.”

They claimed there had been no response from the government.

At first, they informed the police that approximately 50 of its members planned to gather at the Ministry of Finance’s offices on January 23, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. to demand that the Minister conduct a meeting with petitioners.

Moreover, it stated that should the necessity later arise for them to congregate at the Ministry’s premises, the Forum will inform the Police.