John Mahama, NDC have the ‘patent right’ for incompetence tag – Hon Osei Kyei Mensah

The Majority Leader of Parliament, Hon Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, says former president John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have the patent right for incompetence in governance.

 

According to him the sheer incompetence with which the Mahama led NDC administration run Ghana’s economy in eight years of office sent the country into the ground and brought the entire nation to its knees.

 

The Member of Parliament for Suame said this when he was responding to accusations by the Minority in parliament that finance minister, Ken Ofori Atta has woefully managed the country’s economy.

 

Speaking on the Kumasi based OTEC 102.9 FM’s morning show “Nyansapo “, on Friday December, 9,2022,Hon Kyei Mensah Bonsu said the censure motion filed by the Minority to oust the Finance Minister has no grounds, adding that the minority’s move only seek to embarrass the  finance minister.

 

Minority’s Accusations

 

 

Among other reasons that triggered the minority to push for a censure motion against the finance minister, includes

 

Despicable conflict of interest ensuring that Mr Ofori-Atta directly benefited from Ghana’s economic woes as his companies received commissions and other unethical contractual advantages, particularly from Ghana’s debt overhang is among the basis upon which the Minority cited its vote of censure.

 

They also cited Unconstitutional withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund in contravention of Article 178 of the 1992 Constitution, supposedly for the construction of the National Cathedral.

 

According to the Caucus, illegal payment of oil revenues into offshore accounts, in violation of Article 176 of the 1992 Constitution was another ground for the censure.

 

“Deliberate and dishonest misreporting of economic data to Parliament, Fiscal recklessness led to the crash of the Ghana Cedi.

 

“Alarming incompetence and frightening ineptitude resulted in the collapse of the Ghanaian economy and an excruciating cost of living crisis,” the censure stated

 

Meanwhile Hon Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said the censure motion by the Minority is a means for the National Democratic Congress legislators to score cheap political points, after destroying the very foundation of Ghana’s economy.

 

Walk Out

 

 

 

The Majority Members of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday December 8,20222  staged a walk out when the house  debate the vote of censure against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

 

By walking out, the Majority denied the House the quorum to vote on the report presented by the 8-member Ad-hoc Committee.

 

The Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who led the walkout during the debate, explained that his side cannot be a part of the process.

 

The Minority subsequently failed to remove the Finance Minister after they failed to get the required numbers needed to for a quorum as stated by law.

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com