Sammy Gyamfi, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana GoldBod, has spoken about President John Dramani Mahama appointing him as the GoldBod CEO.
According to Sammy Gyamfi, President Mahama is a great visionary who saw what he did not see.
Sammy Gyamfi asserted that many predicted he would have landed a communication-related job based on what he was doing for the party in opposition, but Mahama saw something in him that many had not noticed at the time.
Speaking on PM Express Business Edition, Sammy Gyamfi stated, “For me, it was an exciting call made by the president. The president, to some of us as a father figure, is not just a flagbearer. He’s not just our President, but somebody that I’ve enjoyed the father-son relationship with for some time now, and he’s a great visionary”.
“So what he may see in you, you may not even have seen in yourself. Maybe many never expected that, upon winning power, I would find myself where I am. I’m sure many have predicted that I may, I may have landed some communication-related job based on what I was doing, for the party in opposition,” he said.
Sammy Gyamfi added, “But the president, I think, saw something in me that many had not noticed at the time, and he decided to give me this opportunity”.
“Supported by my able minister, who is like a brother to me as well, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, we have been able to push the agenda of the president for the gold sector,” he noted.
Also, Sammy Gyamfi has said Gold is essential to President John Dramani Mahama’s reset agenda.
The GoldBod CEO highlighted that Mahama believes that Ghana could have maximised national benefits and exerted its sovereignty over its gold resources more than it has since independence.
Sammy Gyamfi explained, “Gold is very essential to the reset agenda of the President, because he believes that Ghana could have maximised national benefits and exerted its sovereignty over its good resources more than we have done since independence”.
“And so when he was given the second opportunity to govern as president, he needed a certain urgency for his agenda of transformation, for not only the exploitation, but also the market and the trading of our good resources to ensure that we reset the sector and change,” he stated.
Sammy Gyamfi further added, “The narrative of leakages, the narrative of low repatriation of FX and ensure that Ghanaians are in control, not only of the exploitation of our mineral resources, but also of the trading of same and that the process from that trade is coming back into the economy to support the economy and to propel his agenda, his transformation agenda for the country”.
“So that was why I believe he saw me worthy, and there are many people in the NDC who are qualified for the job. So for me to have been given the opportunity was a rare privilege for which I am forever grateful to the president”.
“And every day when I wake up, my prayer is to work hard to justify the confidence he reposed in me and not to let him down. And I believe that is a prayer of my colleagues who have also been given the very privilege to serve in his government.”
Meanwhile, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, Ghana’s Minister for Finance, has praised the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board, Sammy Gyamfi.
The Finance Minister stressed that the work Sammy Gyamfi has done at GoldBod will take another person 5 years to accomplish.
According to Ato Forson, the Ghana Gold Board has played a central role in the ongoing stabilisation of the Ghanaian economy.
Speaking in an interview with Radio Gold, Dr Forson stated, “I had to tackle inflation, and I had to tackle structural issues like how we build reserves to make sure the currency stabilises,”
“It is difficult to get such people around. You need someone with energy, drive, determination and a can-do spirit. You need to study people to know who can deliver, and we believe the President made the right choice.”
“To be honest, the kind of work Sammy Gyamfi has done at GoldBod in the last few months, it will take somebody five years to do, and I salute him for that,” he eulogised.
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