EX TV GH People Matter
By: Nutifafa Bequine
The current state of the economy is taking a toll on the Ghanaian citizenry and generating heated discussion on the position of the Financial Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta whether he should be sacked or there is a hope that he will turn things around to change the situation.
The current group of people to join the discussion are some members of the Majority caucus in the 8 Parliament of Ghana. These group was led by the member of parliament for Asante Akim North Constituency, Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi to address the press on their grievances.
The members bemoaned the downward trends of the economy and current depreciation of the Cedi which is currently 1 dollar is to Ghs15.
They further call on the president to sack the minister of Finance and the minister of state at the ministry of finance, Charles Adu Boahen due to the failing economy under their watch.
The recent development within our economy are of great concern to the greater majority of members of our caucus and our constituents. We have made our great concerns to the president through the parliamentary leadership and the leadership of Our party without any positive response.
We are by this medium communicating our strong desire that the president change the minister of finance and the minster of state in the finance ministry without further delay in order to install hope in to the financial sector and reverse the downward trend in the growth of the economy.
The summary of our concerns leads to a plea that the minister of finance, Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of state at the ministry of finance Hon. Charles Adu Boahen be removed from office
We pray that this prayer will be carried to the presidency.
In a related development, Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader in Parliament, has filed a motion for the impeachment of Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, .
The Minority, therefore, has called on the Majority Caucus to throw their weight behind the motion to get the two-thirds majority of 183 MPs needed to push for the Finance Minister’s removal.
