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Ghana’s Goldbod CEO under fire for viral cash-gifting video

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  • Sammy Gyamfi apologises for ‘indiscretion’ after dollar handout to Nana Agradaa
  • Critics say incident damages investor confidence and contradicts Mahama’s ethics push

Accra, Ghana – President John Mahama is under mounting pressure to sanction the CEO of Ghana’s newly established gold trading regulator, Goldbod, after a viral video showed him publicly handing out US dollar notes to former fetish priestess-turned-evangelist, Patricia Oduro Koranteng, widely known as Nana Agradaa.

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