Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has called for ex-President Mahama to desist from calling for the head of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta since he also failed to fire his Finance Minister whilst in power.
According to Kennedy Agyapong, Ghana experienced similar or even worse hardship during Mahama’s time and he never fired then-Finance Minister, Seth Terpker.
Agyapong said that Terkper also took Ghana to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) due to the conditions at the time, same as Ofori-Atta is currently doing.
“President Mahama is not being fair to the finance minister. If you request that, I will agree because you have not been in that vehicle before. President Mahama was in the vehicle when the was so-called ‘dumsor’. President Mahama was in the vehicle when he took us to IMF with his finance minister. Did he ever fire any finance minister? This is the question I ask,” Agyapong fumed on Citi TV.
According to the legislator and NPP 2024 Presidential aspirant, Ghanaians can call for Ofori-Atta’s head but not Mahama, who essentially did the same thing Akufo-Addo is doing now.
“Ghanaians can ask for that and I agree with them hundred per cent. Elsewhere maybe the finance minister would have resigned himself. Well, it is up to him [to decide to honourably resign]. That I don’t have a problem with. But the very person who is asking for this has been there before and he did nothing.
“The depreciation of the Cedi is my problem. That is the only challenge we have now that we need to address. But in 2014…have we forgotten? We went through the same under president Mahama. What did he do? The only solution is to take us to IMF,” Ken Agyapong continued.
Former President John Dramani Mahama, during his speech addressing the difficult current economic climate, said it was untenable for Ofori-Atta to remain at post.
Earlier this week, over 80 NPP MP’s called for the Finance Minister’s head, but later relented after a meeting with the President.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com