The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAAG) has indicated that it will petition the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to help fight robbery attacks on its members.
The General Secretary of the association, Evans Otumfuo speaking to Alfred Ocansey called on government to help protect its members from robbery attacks.
“We have in a way tried to engage the police, we have sent them a letter close to 4 month now requesting to meet them unfortunately we have not received any feedback as yet. “It is unfortunate but we are hoping that we will be called for the meeting especially looking at what has been happening to our members as it does appear that our fate is left to us now,” he stated.
Few days ago a mobile money agent who had close from work and walking home with a friend got shot by suspected robbers on his way home at Okorase near Koforidua.
Mr. Otumfuo disclosed that in the first quarter of the year, more than 200 cases of attacks on mobile money agents have been recorded in the country.
He added that “It is time for the government to come in since whatever we are doing government is in some way gaining revenue from us, we can’t face this battle all alone and it is time for the government to take stringent measures to curtail this menace being meted out to mobile money agents.”