“Release our money” – Twitter influencers chases BoG as they withhold their payment

By
Makay
-
0
7
Twitter influencers chases BoG

Ghanaian content creators on X former Twitter are chasing the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to urgently release earnings after months of not receiving their payments.

The protest on X also showed a graphic payments processed via stripe being blocked and locked by the Bank of Ghana, preventing creators from accessing their funds.

According to some of the content creators, they reached out to X HQ and they were told payment have been made urging them to rather check from their end..

The content creators also stressed that the lack of payment is affect their primary income source amid foreign exchange or regulatory holds by the central bank

Also, an update provided by Ghanaian influencer’s KalyJay had earlier suggested “a working government” will soon provide an update and later stating the payouts “no be from Government.”

His post read, “ I think it will be nice if creators in Ghana get to understand why they haven’t received their payments from X for the past 1 month@thebankofghana”.

However he was later quick to suggest twitter payment are not from Government, “The twitter payment no be from Government”.

Some other Ghanaian content creators also expressed their frustration over the delays in receiving USD monetization earnings suggest it is tied to Bank of Ghana forex regulations and remittance rules affecting international transfers.

The hashtags #BankOfGhanaPayUs and #ReleaseOurMoneyBOG has since been trending on X.

Some Content creators stated, “It’s been more than a month and we’ve not received our payouts

the government no dey  provide jobs for the youth. small payout we dey take hold wanna body too them hold am ahhh”.

Another content creator stated, “Creators aren’t being paid, HQ reached out to Elon office & their team said payout is out so they should checkout from their end.

Now we need to hear from #BankOfGhanaPayUs

#ReleaseOurMoneyBOG”.

“You guys don’t provide jobs for us. White man say make we tweet and he go pay us too you people do eye red sit for the money top. Aban papa no nie?? #BankOfGhanaPayUs #ReleaseOurMoneyBOG”, One X user added.

One X user added, “Kalyjay, the update you gave isn’t sufficient. Isn’t the Bank of Ghana a government entity? It doesn’t make sense, senior. #BankOfGhanaPayUs #ReleaseOurMoneyBOG”

See the post below: