ghana news 7 Arrested for making bouquets, cakes with cedi notes

Warning In an interview with the media at the Police Headquarters in Accra yesterday, where suspects were paraded, the Head of Statistics at the Currency Management Department of the BoG, Dinah Bonzie, stated that the public must desist from using cedi notes and coins for decorative purposes at weddings, birthdays, graduations and other social events.“The Bank of Ghana wishes to issue a warning to the general public for using banknotes and coins to create money bouquets, money cakes for weddings, for birthdays, for graduations and other similar events, which constitutes the misuse and abuse of the currency, and it is illegal and unlawful,” she said.

The BoG has consequently urged the public to desist from all forms of currency abuse, warning that persons found culpable could face arrest, prosecution, fines or imprisonment in accordance with the law.