HARARE- Zimbabwe's central bank governor admits he took money from the bank accounts of private businesses and foreign aid groups without permission to keep the country's cash-strapped ministries running.
In a statement on Monday Gideon Gono said he loaned the money from the private hard currency accounts to the government. He says the accounts will be reimbursed when the loans are repaid. 
However the repayment of this money is unlikely as the country is being run by a cash bankrupt interim government that needs over US$2billion to kick start the severely bartered economy.
Gono, a close aide of President Mugabe has been harshly criticised for raiding foreign currency accounts, among other questionable practices. He has been tagged as arguably the most inept central banker by his critics in Zimbabwe and abroad.
In his statement, Gono pleaded with his detractors to ease up. Now that Zimbabwe has a new coalition government dedicated to reversing its severe economic decline, Gono says it's time "to let bygones be bygones."
The Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) who is expected to work with Gono in a bid to rescuscitate the country's ailing economy, last year described Gono as the number one foe of the economy.
Reporting by AP and Simba Nembaware
Gono is the main reason why the zim dollar is no longer termed as money but toilet papper.he was the manager of abosphatheleni.l wonder why zim officials enjoy watching theis economy crush.:sugar spice
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