{"id":313049,"date":"2017-04-22T17:11:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T17:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=313049"},"modified":"2017-04-22T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T17:11:57","slug":"2-2bn-bond-deal-perfectly-transparent-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/2-2bn-bond-deal-perfectly-transparent-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.2bn bond deal \u2018perfectly transparent\u2019 \u2013 Casely Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"
A financial analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford has said that the transaction between the government and Franklin Templeton in the issuance of the $2 billion bond is perfectly transparent and smacks of no wrongdoing as being suggested by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n
According to him, the government did nothing wrong in the transaction that has been heavily criticised by the opposition.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”4wEHAyX5VaR4UnBxztlcDfiwtTwmMznp”]The Minority in Parliament have accused the government of setting the terms of the\u00a0bond<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0to favour some\u00a0friends<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.<\/p>\n It said, Trevor Trefgarne, a director at\u00a0Franklin Templeton, the institution that purchased 95 percent of the bond is also a Director at Enterprise Group Limited, a private financial institution the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta co-founded.<\/p>\n But speaking on Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> news analysis program, The Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday, Casely-Hayford said there was no case of conflict of interest in the transaction as the NDC suggested.<\/p>\n