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Merging NIB, ADB won’t solve any problem – Banking Consultant

Thu, Sep 28 2023 8:50 PM
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Dr Richmond Atuahene

A banking consultant, Dr Richmond Atuahene, has condemned the proposed merger of the National Investment Bank (NIB) and the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB).

The government has been working over the years to merge ADB and NIB to create the National Development Bank due to the struggles of the two banks.

But speaking in an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story on Thursday, September 28, Dr Atuahene stated that it was not the right call.

“I don’t think merging NIB and ADB is solving any problem, it is not a solution at all,” he told Evans Mensah.

He contends that the government should not rush on the matter but take its time to conduct a diagnostic study of the two banks first.

Government wants to sell NIB and ADB to cronies – Minority fights proposed merger

According to him, the NIB has suffered from corporate government crises in addition to its current fiscal challenges noting that the buildup to the current point started in 2016.

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He added ADB is also going through the same challenges based on a report published in 2022.

In light of this, Mr Atuahene believes ADB does not have the capacity to acquire NIB. He said even if government refinances ADB, it may not be enough to take over NIB’s debts.

For this reason, he suggested that both banks – NIB and ADB be recapitalised, explaining that “you don’t bring a weak institution to buy a bad institution. You have what we call a good bank buying a bad bank, there is a theory there but the two of them are not good for anything.”

Speaking on the same show, the Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Isaac Adongo supported the call for both banks to be recapitalised.

He explained that “ADB itself is suffering from capital adequacy. If you do the adjustment of the risk-based capital of the ADB consistent with Articles 2 and 3, you would find that it doesn’t have 13% capital adequacy which is the minimum threshold.”

“The 2.4 hole doesn’t disappear because you have merged them and the capital adequacy problem of ADB doesn’t get away because you have merged them. The cumulative effect is that you will have a much bigger disease to address.. so you need to treat them for their individual illness,” he stressed

He earlier alleged that this plan was merely a smokescreen to sell off the two banks after their merger to government cronies as part of state capture efforts.

“It is clear that this is not about the interest of NIB. This is the last step towards passing through the back door to acquire NIB and ABD for themselves in a state capture,” he said.

Collapsing or merging NIB, ADB will cause significant job losses – Minority Leader

The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson is also cautioning against severe job losses should the government go ahead to collapse or merge the banks.

Dr Ato Forson says such a move will lead to significant job losses and the subsequent destabilisation of about 4,000 households.

Dr Bawumia, Ken Ofori-Atta is working closely with Mr. Printer – Dr Addison to either collapse the NIB or merge it with the ADB. We contend that collapsing NIB is not an option. Merging NIB with ADB is simply not an option because it will come with its corresponding job losses. Already we have issues with unemployment,” he said.

“Their families – we want to assure them that the Minority will fight for them. We want to assure them that we cannot add to the unemployment situation in the country,” the lawmaker added.

According to him, the Minority believes that both banks have the space to survive separately, therefore the country deserves both banks to be in operation.

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