Customers of the DKM Micro Finance Company are
giving their unflinching support to the New Patriotic Party in the 2016
elections. Speaking to Onua Business News, the spokesperson for the
affected customers of a ponzi scheme operated by DKM Microfinance Company,
Maxwell Mahama says the group with membership of 63,000 will be voting for the
NPP and its presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the upcoming
December 7th elections.
The decision follows promised by Nana Akufo-Addo
to investigate the issues leading to the collapse of the company and also ensure
that depositors get their monies back and in full. He said this when the Brong
Ahafo Region as part of his campaign tour.
The aggrieved customers most
of whom are in the Brong Ahafo Region says even though other political parties
including the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) have assured them of getting
their deposits back if voted into power, they believe that the NPP stand a
better chance of winning the 2016 elections, hence their support for the
party.
Maxwell Mahama further added that, the inability of government to
refund their monies to them in full, even after the numerous promises, is an
indication that they are only paying them lip service to their plight. The
monies given to them so far by a liquidator is woefully inadequate, they
complained.
The Bank of Ghana in 2015 halted the operations of DKM and
other microfinance companies for contravening the microfinance regulations of
the central bank.
The company as of the time had over 90, 000 customers
with GH 77 million in deposits. President John Mahama ordered the freezing of
accounts of the owners as well as the auction of properties to pay the debts
owed the customers.
The Registrar-General’s Department under the
Ministry of Justice has been engaged by the BoG to handle the liquidation
processes of DKM. However, only a handful of the customers have received part
payments of their investments. |
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