Angel Fm journalist Nana Yaa Brefo claims the Minister of Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Akoto is lobbying to be appointed as the next Finance Minister if Ken Ofori-Atta is eventually booted out.
Brefo revealed this during a Facebook Live broadcast, claiming Akoto wants to take over Ghana’s finances after failing as an Agriculture minister.
“I don’t know if you’ve heard the news I’m hearing. I am hearing that the agriculture minister is actively pursuing the position of Finance Minister. I don’t think this is true; perhaps it’s just a rumour,” she said.
“I don’t believe the Agriculture Minister would ever consider it, but if there is even the slightest bit of truth to this, I will be shocked if he wants to succeed Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister. This man is allegedly lobbying to manage our finances.
“He is the same man who told Ghanaians that foodstuffs are cheaper in the rural areas, so he would be transporting them to the big cities to be sold at relatively cheaper prices and has failed to do that, he is the same person I’m talking about,” she said in Twi.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has been under immense pressure following calls from majority MPs for him to be sacked.
Over 80 members of the majority caucus called on President Akufo-Addo to sack the Minister.
The President refused and said he should be allowed to conclude the ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before any decision would be taken on his future.
The MPs agreed, leaving the Minister at post for now.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com
