Customers of the defunct Gold Coast Fund Management, who have their investments locked up due to the government's revocation of the company's license, are once again demanding for payment.

According to the group, they will campaign against Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the upcoming elections if government does not refund their monies to them.

Speaking to hundreds of customers in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, the convener of the group, Charles Nyame said government has been insensitive to their plight while they wallow in poverty.

“My heart aches with every passing day. Six years. Six years of staring at empty plates, wondering how to pay for the medications of our loved ones who are desperately in need. Dr. Bawumia, they call you an economic hero. But what kind of hero ignores the cries of his own people?”, he queried.

“We trusted the system, invested our hard-earned money for a secure future, but here we are, only to be cast aside like a dead news of yesterday. Where is the compassion? Where is the outrage at the stolen years, the stolen lives?, he added.

Mr. Nyame lamented that many customers have died out of distress, while many more struggle under the difficult economic conditions.

He stated that Dr. Bawumia’s attempt to enhance financial inclusion is defeated by government’s inability to pay locked up funds of patriotic Ghanaians whose only offense was to invest in the fund management company.

“You preach about digitalization. We only invested in a licensed company and yet we lost everything because of the financial sector clean-up exercise undertaken by the same government preaching digitalization”, he said.

The group gave government up to June 30 to pay them else’s they will embark on series of demonstrations.

“A scream born from the depths of despair, fueled by years of neglect. We would not be silenced by apathy anymore. June 30th is our deadline. Give us back our money, every single cedi, with interest that reflects the stolen years and the shattered dreams”, he said.