“Summon me to Parliament or stop the lies” - Sammy Gyamfi dares Afenyo-Markin

Sammy Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), has directly challenged the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to utilize parliamentary mechanisms to summon him for questioning. Gyamfi criticized Afenyo-Markin for resorting to press conferences to disseminate what he termed falsehoods against the institution.

Speaking to journalists in Accra, Gyamfi questioned why the Minority Leader would address the media without using the established accountability tools within Parliament. "I'm waiting with bated breath for Afenyo-Markin’s invitation. I don’t know why he’s delaying and holding press conferences when, as Minority Leader, he can get the Public Accounts Committee to summon me tomorrow or today, and I will appear," Gyamfi declared. He added that he had already contacted the new Majority Leader to facilitate such an invitation.

Gyamfi accused Afenyo-Markin of waging a "sustained, relentless campaign of lies" against GoldBod, describing his recent press conference as a "reckless crescendo" in a deliberate effort to mislead the public. He asserted that the Minority Leader's strategy involves repeating falsehoods in the hope that repetition will make them appear factual.

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I'm waiting with bated breath for Afenyo-Markin’s invitation. I don’t know why he’s delaying and holding press conferences when, as Minority Leader, he can get the Public Accounts Committee to summon me tomorrow or today, and I will appear.

To counter these claims, Gyamfi presented copies of the Audited Annual Report and Financial Statements for GoldBod for the year ended December 31, 2025. These reports, prepared by the Auditor-General, indicate an operational surplus of GH¢907 million and an overall surplus of GH¢5.4 billion. Gyamfi stressed that the Auditor-General's report contained no adverse findings against GoldBod, directly contradicting allegations of procurement breaches or violations of the Public Financial Management Act.

Furthermore, Gyamfi refuted the narrative that GoldBod is responsible for losses incurred by the Bank of Ghana under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP), as referenced in an IMF report. He challenged Afenyo-Markin to identify any part of the IMF report accusing GoldBod of causing the Bank of Ghana's losses. Gyamfi clarified that the IMF attributed the $1.7 billion loss to the "significant scaling up" of the program and exchange rate differentials, not to GoldBod's operational activities.

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Afenyo-Markin's modus operandi, which can no longer be allowed to go unanswered, is to repeat the same tired falsehoods as often as possible and on as many platforms as he can, in the hope that repetition will somehow transform fiction into facts and mislead unsuspecting members of the public.