8th May 2023 1:32:01 PM
1 min readMembers of the Pensioners Bondholders Forum have thronged Finance Ministry's premises to demand payment for their matured coupons and principal.
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Pensioner bondholders who were spared from the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) have complained that the government has not upheld its responsibilities to them.
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After protesting their involvement in the DDEP, the agitated bondholders are back with placards to picket the offices and cladded in red bands chanting war songs in hopes of getting the authorities’ attention.
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‘Show us some care’, ‘Pensioners’ funds = Pension funds’ are some of the inscriptions on the signage they hoisted.
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Pensioners Bondholders Forum say their bonds matured as far back as March and have not been paid, hence the action.
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A retired police officer who has his funds locked up lamented the situation’s impact on his activities.
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“He [Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta] should try and pay my money to me. Even if they will cease the issued and give us our capital or principal money we used in the bonds, they should give it to us,” he told JoyNews.
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