The Case Of Sammy Gyamfi's Attempt To Run For Cover Over Goldbod Losses: The Blackmail Tactics Uncovered

It is now clear. The strategy of Sammy Gyamfi and GoldBod is simple: when you are confronted with facts about huge losses, don't answer them—attack the person who raised them.

This is exactly what Ghanaians witnessed on Newsfile.

Instead of giving a sober account of the billions lost under his watch at GoldBod, the CEO chose to personalize the matter and tag the revered Minority Leader, Hon. Alexander Afenyo‑Markin, as an “extortionist.”

The question is: what has extortion got to do with GoldBod losses?

THE DIVERSION EXPOSED

The facts are sacred. GoldBod has made huge losses in its gold‑trading activities. This is not propaganda; this is the crux of the matter that the Minority Leader legitimately raised.

Under normal circumstances, any responsible public officer would:

1. Acknowledge the issue,
2. Explain what went wrong, and
3. Outline steps to correct it.

But Sammy Gyamfi chose a different path and used derogatory language, inflammatory statements, and unfounded allegations.

Why reduce a national conversation about our gold resources to name‑calling? Because when you have no defense for the losses, your only defense is to attack.

THE BLACKMAIL PLAYBOOK

This is a well‑known NDC playbook, and it has been uncovered:

1. The Blackmail Tag: Level a serious, unproven criminal allegation like “extortion” against your critic so that the media focuses on the insult, not the losses.
2. The Social Media Land Guards: Program your communicators on social media and some friendly journalists to amplify the “extortionist” tag all week so that the conversation about GoldBod losses dies.
3. Run for Cover: Hope that Ghanaians will forget the substantive issue while they are busy debating the insult.

But this time, it will not work.

YOU CANNOT SOIL THE MINORITY LEADER'S NAME

If you have evidence that the Minority Leader has extorted anyone, the burden of proof is on you. Present it to the appropriate state institutions. You cannot use national television as a platform for maligning people just to run away from accountability.

The Minority Leader has every right, as a leader of the opposition and a Ghanaian, to question how our gold is managed. That is not extortion; that is patriotism and oversight. That is his job.

You cannot blackmail him into silence.

THE WAY FORWARD

Sammy Gyamfi must understand one thing: you can deceive your party members, but you cannot deceive discerning Ghanaians who read between the lines.

The name‑calling will not erase the losses. The blackmail tactics will not balance the books of GoldBod.

What Ghanaians are asking for is simple: stop the personal attacks. Stop the blackmail. Come clean on the GoldBod losses and tell us how you intend to fix them.

We are battle‑ready to resist this attempt to trivialize a crucial national issue, and we insist on a mature, fact‑based conversation.

Shalom!
By: Abdulai Abdul‑Razak
Tamale South Constituency
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