The Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Murtala Mohammed, says the simplest reason-the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, continues to be at post has nothing to do with his overall performance as Minister and everything to do with his last name. According to him, the overall performance of the Minister since he was appointed to office has been nothing to write home about. He said that the simplest motive he was still at post wasbecause of his familial association with the President and not anything else. Ken Ofori-Atta is a cousin to President Akufo-Addo. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, he stated, “I even have stated in this your programme and lots ofdifferent programmes that the motive why Ken Ofori-Atta continues to be the Minister of Finance is due to the fact he makes use ofOfori-Atta. There isn't anyt any high qualitytale you could tell about this guy as theMinister for Finance. Tell me one, one singletale.” His remark follows calls from a few eightyNew Patriotic Party MPs for the immediatedismissal of the Finance Minister. According to them, the continuous stay of Ken Ofori-Atta in office was delaying the IMF bailout the countryis looking for because of the truththat the Minister has lost all credibility.
They have consequently petitioned the President to bothdispose of him or face a boycott in Parliament. Reacting to the move through the NPP MPs, Murtala Mohammed cited that although calls forthe Minister’s elimination are justified, it wasnotsufficient if the President stays in workplace. He stated the President and his vice have bothlost their credibility and consequentlyought tobe eliminated as well.
“No fish will rot except that the rotting will beginfrom the head. If the justification for they calling for the elimination of Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, which already become our function, is credibility, for yourinformation, the President himself has lostthe credibility “If credibility is the yardstick to decidewhether or not a person ought to govern, the President has misplaced it completely. Why?
You made connection with the United Kingdom, possiblythey need to get the Minister of Finance and after that the President himself should go,” he stated. He added, “But via way of means ofthe way, he’s answerable to the appointing authority.
The President and the Vice President are a disaster. Of course, who appointed Ken? In truth, the function, the coverage function of the President, the imaginative and prescient of the President is what's echoed via way of means of his appointees together with the Minister? “There are excellent folks who may want to have served as Ministers.
When the NDC misplacedelectricity in 2016, I publicly said that the first-rate character who ought tobe appointed as Minister for Finance becomeDr. Akoto Osei and I stated that for a motive. I stated that I served at the
Finance Committee with Dr. Akoto Osei for eight years. “If there has been every body inside the NPP who understood the actual financial function of this country at the time it becomeDr. Akoto Osei due to the fact he become the Ranking Member for eight years. He have been a Minister of State.
The President didn’t hire him due to the fact he’s not a family member.”
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