Fanteakwa North MP Hot Over Defunct Fanteakwa Rural Bank: Customers Petitions President 

Some market women and other traders at the Koforidua Central market have made a passionate appeal to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Speaker of Parliament, Honourable Alban Sumana Bagbin to help them retrieve their locked-up funds with defunct Fanteakwa Rural Bank.

The Bank, which belonged to the current Member of Parliament (MP) for Fanteakwa North constituency, Honourable Kwabena Amankwah Asiamah, has collapsed over the past decade with many people having their funds locked up without any assurance of getting paid.

Speaking to the media, early this week, the aggrieved customers, numbering about twenty (20), chastised the lawmaker for failing to initiate plans of paying back customers of the defunct bank.

According to them, several attempts to get their funds refunded have proven futile as they accused the MP of even failing to respond to their calls.

A 72-year old fowl seller, Elizabeth Amoah, narrating her ordeal to the media, revealed the MP promised to pay refund her money after the 2020 general elections but has since refused to even respond to her calls.

“I went to Begoro during the 2020 campaign season to demand my money but the MP apologized to me and promised to pay it soon after the election is over. It is sad to inform you that, the MP has not been picking my calls since after the elections, which he won” the fowl seller lamented.

“How can I be defrauded by an MP of my GHC12,000.00 after so many years of savings and be walking freely as a lawmaker. I am appealing to President Akufo-Addo and the Speaker to speak to Amankwah Asiamah to refund my money or we shall gather ourselves at the Jubilee House and Parliament to demand our money,” she added.

Several other traders shared touching revelations in connection with their locked-up funds, as some claim it has even led to many broken marriages.

Some of the customers revealed, that there are many other market women, traders, businessmen, and individuals who have had their funds locked up due to the collapse of the bank with little being done by the MP and the management in ensuring refunds of the monies.

Nephew and personal assistant to the MP, one Desmond who admitted such an incident was however quick to deny, direct involvement of the MP in the operations of his defunct bank.

Meanwhile, the MP has refused to respond to the calls and messages sent to him for his side of the allegations.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent