Renowned legal practitioner and broadcaster, Samson Lardy Anyenini, has criticised President over his appointment of the Member of (MP) of Bolgatanga Central, , to the Board of the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Speaking at the Constitutional Day Lecture organised by the One Ghana Movement on February 28, 2025, Samson Lardy said the appointment of MPs to boards of state institutions is wrong.
He said that legislators are to hold boards of state institutions in check, and so if they become part of these boards, it would not allow them to perform their duties effectively. "It is wrong for parliamentarians to be appointed to public boards because they are overseeing those institutions.
When you make them board members, how do they oversee that institution? "Just two days ago, the president appointed to the Bank of Ghana board.