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With the recent surge in attacks on bullion vans, can a cashless economy be considered as a strategy to curb such incidents in the country?
PM Express: Business Edition experts dissected the issue.
Guests for the discussion were; Former President of Ghana Association of Bankers , Alhassan Andani, Chief Executive of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems, Archie Hessie, Chief Executive of Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mark Badu-Aboagye, President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association, Joseph Obeng.
The discussion follow the recent attacks on a bullion van at Adedenkpo a suburb of Accra where a police officer, Emmanuel Osei and a hawker, Afua Badu was shot and killed in the process and another attack on the Kosoa-Winneba road Thursday afternoon. Today, another attack on a bullion van occurred at Gomoa Okyereko, on the Kasoa Winneba road.
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