Host of Metro TV’s ‘Good Evening Ghana’ programme, Paul Adom Otchere, has slammed the Minority leader in Parliament, Dr Ato Forson and the entire leadership of #OccupyBoG protest, for refusing to hand over their petition to the Head of Security at the Bank of Ghana, Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng.

On Tuesday, the Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Ernest Addison failed to show up to receive the petition from the NDC MPs who participated in the #OccupyBoGprotest.

The leadership of the OccupyBoG protest was met by Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng and a host of the Bank’s leaders, who told the protesters that Dr Addison was in a meeting with a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and was therefore unavailable to receive the petition.

But the leadership of the protest refused to hand over the petition to him as they considered him as out of place to receive such a petition.

"I feel very disrespected as the Leader of the opposition in Parliament. For a simple reason that we demanded to present a petition to the Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Ghana otherwise known as the Bank of Ghana. The Governor has two deputies, namely Deputy 1 and Deputy 2.

"Unfortunately, he has decided to disrespect us and his two deputies have also decided to disrespect us by not being here to accept the petition. We never said we are going to present our petition to the head of security or someone responsible for security with all due respect.

But Paul Adom Otchere has described the act of refusal by the NDC as insolent and condescending towards BoG's head of security.

"Does he denote some low player or something like that? That is what I want to correct. And I don't understand why minority leader like Casiel Ato Forson, one who is looking to rule the country, looks at someone and says, oh you are head of security at bank of Ghana and I don't want to deal with you. That was total disrespect. Not just to this man. But also if you look at this man's profile and Ato Forson's profile, given that Ato Forson has been elected by some people, I respect that. But if you look at the two profiles Ato forson should not be able to tell him that you have disrespected me because they say you should come for the petition. I'm very disappointed in Casiel Ato Forson and the NDC leadership. Why do you disrespect such an important person because he is called security?", Paul Paul Adom Otchere expressed.

Meanwhile, Dr Casiel Ato Forson says protesters demanding the resignation of Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor, Dr Ernest Yedu Addison will not stop until they meet and present their petition to him.

Dr Ato Forson said their petition contains more than just the resignation of BoG leadership.

So the Governor sending security officers to receive the petition is disrespectful.

He added that they will not present the petition but they will look for another time to exactly so.