The Managing Director of the Intercity State Transport Corporation (STC), Nana Akomea has backed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for refusing to sack the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, despite incessant calls for the latter's dismissal.
Last week, over 90 Members of Parliament in the ruling New Patriotic Party called for the head of Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta but the President intervened, telling the MPs to wait for the Minister to conclude Ghana's deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
However, some people have questioned the President's decision asking in the unfortunate incident that the Finance Minister is incapacitated, will the President not find a suitable replacement?
Responding to the calls for Ken Ofori-Atta's dismissal, Nana Akomea says, "if you decide to appoint a new Finance Minister, it will take another two months. From nomination, when you nominate, it has to be there for 21 days or something before Parliament can sit and so forth. Even if you speed up the process, it will still cover one month".
"Has the IMF complained that the Finance Minister is not doing well? If you remove him, it's just aesthetics?", he also asked.
Nana Akomea made these comments during Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" discussion programme.
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Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Nana Akomea has always not been a straight forward person . I believe that is the reason why initially Akuffo Addo didn't want him to be appointed. The day l realized he doesn't think well was when he asked for Alan and Bawumia to be put together for 2024 . How can you even mention Bawumia's name ? . No wonder he is backing Ken Ofori-Atta and Nana Addo....Hmmmmmmm
I do not believe the challenges Ghana is going through should in any way be blamed on Ofori-Ata. The NDC, with its irresponsible lies and propaganda, has charged Ghana with believing so. Hence, given the intensity of the public call to sack Ken, I would only plead in light of political expediency for the president to do so, not for his performance per se as a finance minister. It is indeed rather unfortunate for some elements of the NPP to play to the gallery of the malicious NDC's propaganda to defame Ken. Then the NDC propaganda machine has always targeted the competent, hardworking NPP ministers of state. Notwithstanding, there are those NPP members who, in one way or another, bear the president a grudge and seek to settle scores with the current economic situation in Ghana because they have been denied political appointments.