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Rush to change old for new currency
begins
Ho, Dec. 28, Ghanadot/GNA-Individuals, especially
businessmen in the Ho Municipality have begun rushing to
have their old cedis changed for the Ghana cedis to meet the
December 31 deadline.
The Ghana News Agency spotted hundreds of people including
nurses, teachers and businessmen in long queues waiting to
have their old cedis changed at the Ghana Commercial Bank on
Friday.
Mr Anim Yeboah, Deputy Manager of the Bank told the GNA that
the queue started as early as 0730 hours before the Bank
started work.
He said though the pressure was making service delivery
slow, work was going on smoothly.
Mr Yeboah said the Bank had no service condition, adding
that it was serving everybody, including account holders and
non-account holders and was changing any denomination.
He said the rush was as a result of misinformation that the
banks would not take the old cedis after December 31, 2007
and called for more education on the changeover.
" People especially those in the rural communities still do
not understand the change over campaign therefore needed to
be educated, - we will still collect old cedis after
December 31, 2007', Mr Yeboah said.
Meanwhile some individuals and super market operators have
complained of their inability to change the old cedis for
the new Ghana cedis at some banks in the town.
Madam Jane Addo, Owner of "Chop Better" a popular
supermarket in town said she was turned away from changing
her old cedis for the new Ghana cedis at the National
Investment Bank (NIB) because she had no account there.
Mr Ransford Odenkey Abbey, Volta Regional Manager of the NIB
confirmed the story but explained that the period for "
general change over" had elapsed and that only people who
has accounts with the bank could have their old cedis change
to the new Ghana cedi after they had deposited the money in
their accounts.
GNA
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