The Vice President of IMANI-Africa, a policy think tank, Bright Simons, said that the government is having difficulty getting approval from an IMF team visiting the country for the second portion of a $3 billion loan that was agreed upon earlier this year. Simon claimed in a tweet that the situation was getting worse because of arguments between the governor of the Bank of Ghana and lawmakers from the opposition. These lawmakers want Governor Ernest Addison and his deputies to step down because they believe the bank is being poorly managed. The argument between the Central Bank governor of Ghana and the Opposition MPs, who he calls 'hooligans,' happened at a very bad time. The government is having trouble getting the IMF to approve the $600 million payment before they leave. This doesn't make things easier, the person wrote on X (formerly Twitter). The meeting was taking place during the protest, so the governor sent the director in charge of security from the Board of Governors to collect the opposition's petition. The Members of Parliament (MPs) refused the representative because they wanted to personally give the petition to the governor. The director had explained that Addison and his deputies were in a meeting with the IMF team at that time. The Governor criticized the opposition MPs for their recent protest and called it "completely unnecessary". The protest happened on October 3, 2023, and the MPs were demanding resignation. He said he would not quit like the Minority MPs want him to.