The Precious Minerals Marketing Company Limited (PMMC) has absolved itself of any illegality following rife reports of alleged gold smuggling.
The Managing Director, Nana Akwasi Awuah has stated there was due process and transparency in transporting the gold bars which belonged to the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
In an interview on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem, Thursday, he noted that all relevant stakeholders, including representatives from President-elect, John Mahama’s transition team.
Nana Akwasi gave the names of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) representatives as Alhaji Yahaya and lawyer Afenu.
The seal of the relevant stakeholders, he explained was to ensure that nobody tampers with the boxes of the gold.
“The bullion was at the Accra Regional Police Command but the agreement was that they don’t have the facility for a vault.
“So by close of day on Wednesday, we moved it to the Bank of Ghana and the NDC transition team had their seals on the boxes. By so doing, it doesn’t give the impression that someone will tamper with the boxes,” he said.
The clarification comes after the National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Yamin on Tuesday allegedly led a group to attack the National Assay Centre at the Aviance Cargo Terminal in Accra.
The mob reportedly tried to seize bullion bars which according to PMMC were intended for processing by the Bank of Ghana(BoG) under the false belief that the gold was being secretly smuggled out of the country by political figures.
However, Nana Akwasi has described the claims as baseless, emphasising the transparency and integrity of the PMMC’s gold processing system.
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