Customers of the collapsed Savings and Loans are expected to receive their deposit today, February 24, 2020.
The payment comes on the back of President Akufo-Addo’s assurance that effective Monday February 24 2020, GHS5 billion will be released by government to settle all depositors of the defunct microfinance and savings & loans companies.
The payment when done will increase the cost of servicing locked-up funds as a result of the financial services sector crisis, to GHS 18 billion.
Delivering his last State of the Nation Address (SoNA) for his first term of office, President Akufo-Addo said: “All depositors of savings and loans and microfinance institutions including DKM, which collapsed in 2015, will receive 100 per cent of their deposits once the validation exercise is concluded”.
“I’m informed the Receiver of the savings and loans and microfinance institutions will begin, on Monday 24 February 2020, making payments to their customers of these monies totaling GHS5 billion being an addition to the GHS13 billion being paid to customers of the failed banks.”
According to the President, his government took the right decision with regard to the reforms undertaken in the financial services sector.
He added: “I want to assure Ghanaians; we are going to hold those responsible for the failures of financial institutions.”
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He emphasized: “We expect that those whose job it is to supervise the banks and other financial institutions will do their jobs honest and competently”.
Meanwhile, there are trials of persons allegedly linked to the financial services sector collapse in the courts.
He cautioned customers to be careful about financial institutions that are offering unrealistic interest rates on their deposits and investments.
