05 January 2018 at 11:25His resignation comes almost a year after his former boss Dr Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, resigned as Governor soon after the Akufo-Addo government took office.
The president, Nana Akufo-Adddo has been formally informed about his resignation with copies of the letter sent to the office of the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison and Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta.
The <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/politics/asepa-files-criminal-complaint-against-hawa-koomson/lxzgdf2">Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability</a> (ASEPA) has described as false claims by the government that more than 96 percent of depositors who had their monies locked-up from the banking sector clean-up been paid in full.
The Editor of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has said the collapse of Heritage Bank, GN Bank, and uniBank by the <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/agongo-must-sue-bank-of-ghana-for-collapsing-heritage-bank-prof-gatsi/d93y4pr">Bank of Ghana</a> was painful.
Dr Asiama was appointed by the previous John Mahama-led administration.
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It is unclear what reasons may have led to his early resignation as he was supposed to have ended his tenure in April 2020.