This has been the notion because they have been notable figures during the Provisional National Defense Council (PNDC) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) era with key positions.

However, they say those beliefs were not the case since the reality was glaring after the exit of the NDC from power.

According to them, their modest and simple lifestyle demystified the notion about them.

“We used to but as they say money doesn’t hide. So once we got out of government and people saw the simple lifestyle that we were living I think they realized that there might be a lot of exaggeration. So it died down with time.

“But yes when we were in government we used to hear that a lot. Of course not so much with Rawlings because then it was obvious that wealth was not part of the governance phenomenon,” Professor Kwabena Ahwoi explained on GHOne TV.

He continued “But when we entered constitutional rule, especially after Rawlings that’s when those stories started coming but as I said money doesn’t hide. If you are rich it will manifest one way or the other.”

The senior Ahwoi, also known as Uncle Ato added that he had to sacrifice his education at some point in his life in order to pull his other siblings along.

He explained that he had to do this in order to have them come to a level they would not be a burden on him and this plan worked perfectly with all of them doing well in their respective careers.

The seven siblings have put together a book yet to be outdoored to honour their late mother who passed in 2020.

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According to him, he was brought up in a home that upheld uprightness and humanitarian values above everything else.

He, therefore, finds it uncomfortable when industry watchers and others attempt to quantify his value in monetary terms.

The former Chief Executive Officer of AngloGold Ashanti made these comments in an episode of Ghana’s Greats on JoyNews.

Mr Jonah drove home the point saying “in my father’s house, there was an inscription, ‘wɔ bisa wu fie, w’ɔnbisa wo sika’… to wit, you name [the kind of upbringing you get from home] is far more important than your riches. So I take offence when, for instance, I have been defined by what people think I have,” he clarified.

Despite reports of mouth-watering assets putting him at the top of coveted lists of rich people, Mr Jonah insists he is merely resourceful and does not subscribe to that “nonsense”.

“When I hear the nonsense that ‘they say he is the richest man in Ghana’, it causes me a lot of grief,” he added.