General News of Monday, 14 January 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

I’m a proud customer of Menzgold and my motivation was not greed - Maurice Ampaw

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Private Legal Practitioner, Maurice Ampaw who is among the thousands of customer whose investments have been locked up at Menzgold has said he is proud to be a customer of Menzgold, and that he feels insulted when he and other “Menzgolders” are called greedy.

He has taken on appointees of the current new Patriotic Party (NPP) administration observing that their utterances are provoking the aggrieved customers which he is part.

Maurice Ampaw had earlier indicates that his close family members are among numerous Ghanaians whose investments with the gold trading hub is likely going waste according to a statement by the lawyer himself, MyNewsGh.com can report

“I want everyone to officially know that lawyer Ampaw is a proud customer of MenzGold”, he revealed while flaunting documents to prove that he has his cash locked up with the gold trading company.

According to copies of the documents in possession of MyNewsGh.com, lawyer Maurice Ampaw purchased 50 pounds of Gold worth GH¢ 100,000 three times totalling GH¢ 300,000 before the company run into crises.

His cousin as well invested GH¢520,000 whiles his wife invested GH¢200,000, cumulatively making GH¢920,000 of total cash lodged with Menzgold.



But Maverick private legal practitioner and political critic have charged government officials and members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to stop provoking aggrieved Menzgold customers with their comments on Mengold Company issue.

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta and the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has described Menzgold customers as greedy people who want to reap more than they had sown

Some communication team members and executives of the NPP have also described Menzgold customers as such wondering why they failed to talk when it was rosy with the government said to be compounding their issues by stating it has no intention of bailing out customers of the beleaguered investment company, Menzgold.

Maurice Ampaw who was, however, speaking on Kumasi-based Abusua FM monitored by MyNewsGh.com, urged government officials to shut up on Menzgold issue if the government has nothing in terms of help for the frustrated customers.

He insisted that Menzgold customers did legitimate business with the Company saying it is regrettable that government officials are calling Menzgold customers’ greedy people regrettable.

“Menzgold Customers are not greedy and we can never be greedy. We did a legitimate business with Menzgold. Government is provoking us with their comments as far as Menzgold issue is concerned. Mengzold customers are not telling the government to bail us out with taxpayers’ money. Government officials should shut up if they have nothing to help” Dr Ampaw said.