Ofori-Atta is Still in Office because of his Surname-Tamale Central MP.
The sole reason the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is still in office, according to Murtala Mohammed, the Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, has nothing to do with his performance as Minister and everything to do with his last name.
He claims that the Minister hasn’t done anything particularly noteworthy since being appointed to his position.
He claimed that the only reason he was still in his position was because he is related to the President. In relation to President Akufo-Addo, Ken Ofori-Atta is a cousin.
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Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, he said, “I have said on this your programme and many other programmes that the reason why Ken Ofori-Atta is still the Minister of Finance is because he uses Ofori-Atta. There is no positive story you can tell about this man as the Minister for Finance. Tell me one, one single story.”
Following calls from some 80 MPs from the New Patriotic Party for the Finance Minister’s urgent dismissal, he made this remark.
They claimed that because Ken Ofori-Atta has lost all credibility, his continued tenure in power has delayed the country’s request for an IMF bailout.
To avoid a boycott of Parliament, they have petitioned the President to either fire him.
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In response to the action taken by the NPP MPs, Murtala Mohammed stated that while requests for the Minister’s removal are legitimate, they are insufficient as long as the President is in power.
He said the President and his vice have both lost their credibility and thus should be removed as well.
“No fish will rot except that the rotting will start from the head. If the justification for they calling for the removal of Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, which already was our position, is credibility, for your information, the President himself has lost the credibility.
“If credibility is the yardstick to determine whether someone should govern, the President has lost it completely. Why? You made reference to the United Kingdom, perhaps they want to get the Minister of Finance and after that the President himself must go,” he said.
He added, “But by the way, he’s answerable to the appointing authority. The President and the Vice President are a disaster. Of course, who appointed Ken? In fact, the position, the policy position of the President, the vision of the President is what is echoed by his appointees including the Minister?
“There are very good people who could have served as Ministers. When the NDC lost power in 2016, I publicly stated that the best person who should be appointed as Minister for Finance was Dr. Akoto Osei and I said that for a reason. I said that I served on the Finance Committee with Dr. Akoto Osei for 8 years.
“If there was anybody within the NPP who understood the real economic position of this country at the time it was Dr. Akoto Osei because he was the Ranking Member for 8 years. He had been a Minister of State. The President didn’t appoint him because he’s not a family member.”
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Ofori-Atta is Still in Office because of his Surname-Tamale Central MP.
