Despite his advanced age, Group Nduom (GN) Chairman Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom led a nonviolent two-kilometer march on a bright Monday afternoon to protest at Elmina in support of GN Bank’s restoration.
The 2017 government restructuring of the banking industry, which resulted in the creation of the Consolidated Bank of Ghana, had an impact on Dr. Nduom’s GN Bank.
The march started from the Elmina Castle bridge, where Dr Nduom said: “I want them to understand that we, the people of Elmina, are resilient and unwavering.”
“We refuse to succumb to fear and we will never give up. Whether they grant us the licence or not, GN Bank will resurface after the election as promised. The Bank will resume operations from Elmina, where it all began.”
Former bank workers, clients, and locals who were holding lanterns and symbolic machetes to demonstrate their resolve made up the majority of those who attended the march.
They periodically poured libations at holy junctions during the procession to invoke the 77 ancestral land deities for protection from what they saw as “malice and persecution.”
Remarkably, passionate individuals wearing the colors of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), and New Patriotic Party (NPP) joined the protesters.
The action demonstrated their continued appreciation for Dr. Nduom as a man of integrity who truly helped people regardless of their political beliefs.
Assurance
Dr. Nduom expressed profound sadness at the failure of his companies, especially the now-defunct GN Bank, and charged that the present administration purposefully destroyed his firms because of political disagreements, ignoring the socioeconomic consequences.
He said that Ghana’s hospitable economic climate for regional companies had been given up for political reasons, emphasizing that America would not thrive if it followed Ghana’s political model.
In the forthcoming elections, Dr. Nduom asked Ghanaians to cast their ballots wisely and support candidates who are dedicated to preserving and growing local companies.
