Managing Partner and Financial Analyst at Dalex Finance, Mr. Joe Jackson says, removing the finance Minister and not the fundamental issues will not bring the needed solutions to Ghana’s economic problems.
According to the financial guru, the problems facing Ghana will not go away by simply changing the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
Speaking on the Business Focus with TV3′ s Paa Kwesi Asare, Mr Jackson said,
“The most important thing we can do today is cut the size of government, send signal to all of us that we are prepared to face our problems.”
He said, the entire process of managing the economy and problematic policies should be given a second look at because removing the Finance Minister alone will not solve any problem.
“If we change the people and we don’t challenges the policies, we don’t change the process, if we don’t change the thinking, nothing will change. I wish that those backbenchers had not just demanded for somebody to be changed but some people completely removed.
“It is not handing over from Ofori-Atta or Charles Adu Boahen to another person who will do the same thing.”
Some members of the Majority caucus on Tuesday, October 25 demanded the removal of the sector minister, Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, and the Minister of State at the Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, as well as their deputies for the poor management of the country’s economy.
They threatened that they will have no business to do in Parliament for the government if this demand is not met.
“We are by this medium communicating our strong desire that the President changes the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry without further delay,” Asante-Akyem North Member (MP) Andy Appiah-Kubi led the over 80 MPs.
“We want to serve notice, and notice is hereby served that until such persons as aforementioned are made to resign or removed from office, we members of the Majority Caucus here in Parliament will not participate in any business of Government by or, for the president by any other Minster.”
Ghana’s economic problems has been attributed to the policies to government by some analyst, an allegation government officials have rejected.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com