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The Finance Minister for Ghana Ken-Ofori-Atta says he’s the right person to redeem the country’s sinking economy and take it back to its rightful position. With the entire NPP majority caucus in parliament supporting him, he says he remains the right person to redeem the country’s sinking economy. Speaking at …

Dr Kofi Amoah, a celebrated businessman and economist, says he finds it unconscionable that Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta remains at post when all indications point to the fact that he has poorly managed Ghana’s finances. He wonders if there are any principled leaders in the country who will hold officeholders accountable for …

Embattled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has spoken about how invested he has been in the management of Ghana’s economy citing the exertions that he has been going through. In an interview posted on Joy FM’s social media handles, the Minister is heard stressing that the managers of the economy understood …

  Parliamentarians calling for Ken’s sack is ridiculous, if not to cover rots then they should know better. The 1992 constitution mandates the president to nominate (propose) persons to various ministries and also mandates parliament to vet and approve (assign) those persons to the higher offices of ministries. Every ministry …

Former Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, has said that he will reject any offer from President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to replace Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister. In a Peace FM interview monitored by GhanaWeb, Boakye Agyarko explained that he will reject the offer because the president had previously stated that he (Akufo-Addo) cannot work with him. Also, …

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party, NPP, government witnessed a tumultuous day on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 with majority of the NPP caucus in Parliament pressing for the removal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. The move by the over 80 Members of Parliament to go public with …

Andy Appiah-Kubi, the Member of Parliament for Asante-Akim North has dismissed reports that he and other MPs demanding the removal of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Charles Adu Boahen, Minister of State at the Finance Minister; had backtracked on their demand. The reports started after it emerged that the MPs …

Safe to say we are in the era of ‘internet doesn’t forget,’ a reference to how comments or positions held by a person could easily be dug up in the event that they add nuance to current conversations. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are undoubtedly the …

A group of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament have petitioned president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo to sack the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, and the Minister of State at the finance ministry, Adu Boahen, to restore public confidence in the economy. This was announced in a media briefing by their …

The calls for the sacking of Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, have reignited following the sacking of the UK’s Finance Minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, early on Friday. The UK’s Chancellor of Exchequer was sacked by British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday, October 14, 2022, after just six weeks of his appointment. …