Hundreds of aggrieved customers of troubled gold trading firm, Menzgold Ghana Limited, on Tuesday thronged the streets of Tarkwa in the Western region to demonstrate over their locked up funds.
The customers for months have been demanding payment of their principal investments after the gold dealership company was instructed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to halt operations.
Several efforts by the customers targeted at the company to get their monies have failed to yield any positive results.
Tuesday’s demonstration followed a similar one held in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region last month. The Ashanti Regional Police Command described that demonstration as “illegal”.
Speaking to Kasapa News, the aggrieved customers warned that the Tarkwa demonstration in the Western Region was the last peaceful protest they hold, warning the subsequent ones will be disruptive.
“We are not going to sit down today or tomorrow to let Nana Appiah Mensah dupe us. We are not going to tolerate that. From today, this is the last demonstration and if we do not hear anything from the government we are going to do our worst,” one of the demonstrators said.
Another added: “The government has been sitting down doing nothing. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If we don’t hear anything from the president, if we don’t hear anything from the government we shall do our worst. They should take this as a caution.”
This is the third time that aggrieved Menzgold customers are staging a demonstration.
Menzgold was asked to suspend its gold vault operation with the public by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late last year.
