Tag Archives: KEN

Group petition majority caucus in Parliament to reconsider Ken Ofori Atta’s removal

Youth for Accountable Governance (YAG), a public interest advocacy group based in Accra has called on the Majority Caucus in Parliament to reconsider their decision demanding the dismissal of Ghana’s Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta from office. According to the group, the withdrawal of their decision would  restore hope …

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Ken Agyapong barred NET2 galamsey exposé to save NPP bigwigs – Kwaku Annan alleges

Justice Kwaku Annan, a former presenter at NET2 TV, a channel owned by Assin Central lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong; has alleged that his employer suppressed the release of an investigation on illegal small scale mining known as galamsey. Annan made the allegations in an interview posted on Nsem Pii TV, a …

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Gabby Otchere Darko represents Ken Ofori-Atta at Ad hoc committee hearing

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a lawyer and prominent member of the New Patriotic Party, has appeared before parliament as lawyer for Ken Ofori-Atta at the ad hoc committee hearing. Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister, has appeared before the ad hoc committee to probe allegations in a vote of a censure motion against him. …

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‘I’m the best man to turn around Ghana’s economic woes’ – Ken Ofori-Atta

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 …

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Our parliamentarians are using Ken Ofori-Atta as scapegoat

  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 …

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Five reasons Akufo-Addo does not want to sack his cousin Ken Ofori-Atta

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 …

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3 reasons Mahama can’t call for Ofori-Atta’s sack – Ken Agyapong lists

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has criticised former President John Dramani Mahama over his call for the dismissal of Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance. According to him, Mahama should lack the impetus to make such a call stressing that he was not being fair to the minister. …

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Gabby breaks silence on ‘Ken Must Go’ saga: ‘You cannot but admire the NPP’

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a lawyer and prominent member of the New Patriotic Party, NPP, has reacted to seismic incidents that rocked the party and government earlier this week. He believes that a move to thwart government business in Parliament has been handled well by the party and that in the …

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Possible candidates to take over from Ken Ofori-Atta should he resign or get fired

On Tuesday, October 25, about 80 Members of Parliament within the governing New Patriotic Party were reported to have signed a petition demanding the removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as finance minister. The group, through a press conference, also demanded the removal of Charles Adu Boahen, who serves as a Minister of State …

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NPP MPs demand removal of Ken Ofori-Atta, Adu Boahen

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 …

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