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Jason Osei

2 years ago

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN ATTEMPTED TO INFLUENCE 'ANTI-OFORI-ATTA' MPS

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2 years ago

The minority caucus in parliament has attempted to suggest that the majority caucus' press conference on Tuesday, October?

"I believe their press conference is long overdue," he continued.

If they meant well, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo pointed to them at a cabinet meeting and said, 'And you want me to fire my finance minister?'

'Where were you when he was sponsoring my campaign?'... was the day we expected them to make such a statement."

"They came to correct the communication outside to say that he [Ken Ofori-Atta] performed in the first three years and

government MPs demanded that President Nana Akufo-Addo dismiss Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta or they would boycott the 2023 budget and any other government business on the floor of parliament, smacked of hypocrisy.

According to Minority Chief Whip Ahmed Ibrahim, the majority caucus should have given the president notice when, during a cabinet meeting, Mr Akufo-Addo rebuffed their demand for his cousin's dismissal by asking, "When he [Ken Ofori-Atta] was sponsoring my campaign, where were you?

Responding to the majority caucus' press conference earlier on Tuesday, Mr Ibrahim stated, "We are the people's representatives."

There was no press conference held by the minority leader.

He told the chairman of the business committee that we must move a motion to remove the finance minister as representatives of the people and as duty bearers.

So, if our brothers in the majority [caucus] believe in this, they should support the minority leader's call and the minority leader's motion to dismiss the finance minister."

"I believe their press conference is long overdue," he continued.

If they meant well, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo pointed to them at a cabinet meeting and said, 'And you want me to fire my finance minister?'

'Where were you when he was sponsoring my campaign?'... was the day we expected them to make such a statement."

"They came to correct the communication outside to say that he [Ken Ofori-Atta] performed in the first three years and that's why he's [President Akufo-Addo] not sacking him," he said.?

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