Former Finance Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam, has claimed that the financial position of the Bank of Ghana in 2025 was significantly weaker than officially reported, arguing that proceeds from gold sales were used to cushion the impact of heavy operational losses.<\/p>\n
In a detailed Facebook post on Friday, May 1, the Karaga MP argued that the central bank\u2019s reported GHS15.6 billion net loss did not fully reflect its underlying financial challenges because gains from the sale of gold reserves were recognised as income.<\/p>\n
Dr Amin Adam stated that the Bank reportedly sold about 18 tonnes of gold reserves, generating around GHS40.3 billion in proceeds and a net gain of GHS9.57 billion.<\/p>\n
He contended that the gains were transferred from equity into the profit and loss account, thereby softening the scale of the reported deficit.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf these gold gains had not been recognised in the profit and loss account, the loss would have exceeded GHS25 billion,\u201d he wrote, adding that the figure could potentially be higher depending on the treatment of gold transactions.<\/p>\n
The former Finance Minister questioned the rationale behind the gold sales, saying the explanation that the transaction was intended to rebalance reserves did not align with the country\u2019s previous policy direction of building gold reserves.<\/p>\n
According to him, the financial statements suggest the sales were necessary to support the Bank\u2019s monetary policy operations.<\/p>\n
He pointed specifically to sterilisation costs, which he said reached GHS16.73 billion in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bank\u2019s \u2018strong policy solvency position\u2019 in 2025 was specifically underpinned by a substantial inflow from bullion gold sales,\u201d he quoted from the financial report.<\/p>\n
Dr Amin Adam argued that without the gold sales, the Bank\u2019s operating income would have been inadequate to absorb those costs.<\/p>\n
He also used the occasion to defend the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme introduced during the previous administration led by former Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia.<\/p>\n
He said the programme had become \u201ca major buffer\u201d for the central bank, despite criticism from the current administration.<\/p>\n
The Karaga MP further accused the current management of the central bank of relying on accounting measures to conceal deeper structural weaknesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsing gold reserves to offset operational losses does not eliminate the problem \u2014 it only masks it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
He warned that the strategy could delay necessary policy adjustments and obscure the true cost of monetary interventions.<\/p>\n
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