Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum, the founder and leader of Groupe Ndoum, has broken his silence on the Supreme Court’s decision to stay the execution of the Court of Appeal’s ruling directing the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to restore the operating licence of GN Savings and Loans former GN Bank.
In a Facebook post on July 16, 2026, Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum highlighted that running a business in Ghana requires courage.
Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum wrote, “It takes huge ‘akokodur’ to start and keep running a business in this land”.
Dr Papa Kwesi Ndoum’s remarks come on the heels of the Supreme Court suspending the enforcement of the Court of Appeal’s decision that directed the restoration of the operating licence of GN Savings and Loans, pending the final determination of an appeal filed by the Bank of Ghana.
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the Court of Appeal’s decision, effectively suspending the enforcement of the Court of Appeal’s judgment.
The apex court ruling means GN Savings and Loans will not resume operations pending the determination of the Bank of Ghana’s appeal before the Supreme Court.
Reports follow the Bank of Ghana challenging the Court of Appeal’s decision that restored the licence of GN Savings and Loans Company Limited.
Court documents disclosed that the central bank is seeking to overturn the appellate court’s decision,
The BoG argued that the Court of Appeal erred in law when it proceeded “to hear and determine the appeal filed by applicants to the Court of Appeal.”
The development follows the Bank of Ghana (BoG), who were ordered by the Court of Appeal to restore the licence of GN Bank.
The appeal court ruling follows an earlier High Court ruling that upheld the revocation of the financial institution’s operating licence.
The Court of Appeal three-member panel directed that all assets of the bank be returned to its original owners.
The receiver has also been ordered to hand over management of the company to its previous management team.
The Court of Appeal ruling marks a major development in the long-running legal battle between GN Bank and the Bank of Ghana.
GN Bank, which officially commenced operations in 1997 as First National Savings and Loans (FNSL) Company Limited, was upgraded to a universal bank on September 4, 2014.
It expanded rapidly across the country, establishing one of the largest branch networks in the banking sector.
The central bank, however, at the time argued that its regulatory assessments revealed that GN Bank’s expansion was not supported by adequate capital buffers and sound risk management practices.
BoG discovered that GN Bank regularly breached key prudential requirements, including capital adequacy and liquidity ratios.
Also, the BoG, in its statement, showed high levels of non-performing loans (NPLs), significant exposure to related-party transactions, and poor corporate governance structures, which weakened the bank’s financial position over time.
Reports suggest that despite several directives and corrective measures issued by the BoG, comprising capital restoration plans and restrictions on certain banking activities, GN Bank was incapable of raising the required additional capital or restructuring its operations to restore solvency.
The bank was deemed severely undercapitalised and technically insolvent, prompting the BoG to ask the bank to downgrade to a savings and loans company, using the name GN Savings and Loans Company Ltd.
GN Bank’s license was then revoked in 2019 as part of the central bank’s efforts to protect depositors’ funds and stabilise the country’s financial sector.
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