President John Dramani Mahama has nominated Dr. Johnson Asiamah to serve as Governor of the Bank of Ghana pending approval by the Council of State.
This announcement by the presidency on Friday, January 31 comes at a time that the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison has proceeded on terminal leave.
Dr Asiamah’s nomination follows the receipt and acceptance of a formal request by the current Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, to proceed on leave leading to his retirement on 31st March, 2025.
Dr Johnson Asiamah who previously served as a Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana between 2016 and 2017, holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Southampton, UK and has extensive experience in monetary policy formulation, financial stability regulation and economic research.
He has a wealth of experience in the banking having worked at the Bank of Ghana for over 23 years.
He has over the years demonstrated commitment to implementing sound monetary and exchange rate policy, foster a stable financial system, as well as promoting accelerated economic growth in Ghana.
Recently, the Attorney-General, Dominic Ayine, officially withdrew all charges against Johnson Asiama, the former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana , concerning his alleged involvement in the collapse of UniBank and UT Bank.
Asiamah, along with several others, had been facing a range of charges including fraudulent breach of trust, money laundering, conspiracy to commit crime, and violations of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Act since 2020.
In the case of the collapse of UT Bank, the second deputy governor was charged alongside five others, including the bank’s founder, Prince Kofi Amoabeng. The other accused persons were Raymond Amanfu, UT Holdings Ltd., Catherine Johnson, and Robert Kwesi Armah.
In the UniBank case, however, former Finance Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, his son Dr. Kwabena Duffuor II—who was the CEO of UniBank before its collapse—and other executives of the bank were also charged with money laundering.