Sammy Gyamfi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), has taken the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, to the cleaners over his recent threat of jailing officials of the GoldBod.
It will be recalled that Alexander Afenyo-Markin threatened the CEO of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, and its leadership with possible ‘scary’ bail conditions in the future.
According to Afenyo-Markin, the GoldBod leadership in the future could face “scary” bail conditions if the standards being applied to some former government officials are maintained.
Afenyo-Markin, who was speaking at a press conference today, August 18, drew a comparison between what he described as stringent bail conditions imposed on some former government officials facing investigations and similar treatment of the current administration should the NPP Return to power.
The minority leader argued that the NDC government is setting a precedent through the conditions attached to bail for some accused persons, which could eventually have consequences for officials currently in government.
He warned that those currently holding public positions should consider how the standards are being applied today.
However, Sammy Gyamfi, speaking at the Government Accountability Series on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, revealed he was not perturbed by the threats of jail by the Minority Leader.
Sammy Gyamfi described Afenyo-Markin’s comments as “the fanciful efficiency of a palm wine bar”, saying they should be treated as comic relief rather than serious parliamentary commentary.
He stated, “My good brother, Felix, says something. He says politics is a contact sport. So, when you are involved in politics, you are involved in boxing; you should be ready for tackles. You should be ready for punches. And some of us are vaccinated against political mischief. We’ve taken the vaccine, so we are not worried at all,” he said.
Sammy Gyamfi went on to slam the Minority Leader over his record at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as board chairman, “But what I want to say is this: If the one under whose tenure as board chairman at ECG, you know, where ECG recorded a loss of 8.2 billion, is not facing any onerous bail terms, and how can Sammy Gyamfi under whose tenure the Gold Board has exported 170 tonnes of gold through formal channels and brought into this country over 17 billion United States dollars in one and a half years, face onerous bill terms?
“Such statements are reckless. They are what I call the fanciful efficiencies of, you know, of a palm wine bar; you take it as comic relief, and it is very sad. See, when we say this, he says we are insulting. We are not insulting him,” he said.
Sammy Gyamfi also accused the Effutu legislator of being a noisemaker who is denigrating the seat of the Minority Leader.
He added, “This is somebody occupying a seat once occupied by the venerable JH Mensah, the venerable Papa Owusu Amkomah, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu. Look at the depth and the substance of these personalities. When they rose to speak in Parliament, look at the command they commanded across the aisle, and look at how this seat has now been so bastardised and depraved by a noisemaker who cannot even read and research and get his facts right”.
“So, I will go. I will go to prison in his brain, and I will have onerous bill terms in his brain. I’m not. I’m not afraid of any intimidating taxes because we are serving Ghana in good conscience, and our resources and posterity will speak for us.”
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