The spokesperson of the majority caucus in parliament, demanding the removal of Mr Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister, has cautioned the Finance Minister not to present the 2023 budget.
Andy Appiah Kubi has reiterated the caucus stance not to participate in the 2023 Budget hearing and passage if President Akufo-Addo insists on keeping him in office.
According to the group, they have lost confident in the minister and as result must be replaced else they will boycott any business involving him.
Mr Appiah-Kubi, who is the NPP MP for Asante Akyem North said per their consultation, the majority of their constituents and NPP members were in agreement that, Mr Ofori-Atta should be removed from office.
He said the members disagreed with the suggestion that it is only Mr Ofori-Atta who can present the 2023 Budget.
“If he is not there, can’t others present the budget, no one is indispensable” Mr Appiah-Kubi questioned in a radio interview on Accra based Oman FM monitored by theGhanaianvoice.com.
“We have lost confidence in him because in the 2022 Budget, he [Ofori-Atta] promised that with an E-levy and Property Rate, there will be no need to go to the IMF for support… As we speak now, that has not happened, and the property rate is even yet to take off.”
“We are not convinced that it should be Ken Ofori-Atta and nobody else,” Mr Appiah-Kubi added and insisted it is their “political decision” that Mr Ofori-Atta must go for “the collective interest” of the NPP.
Why we don’t support vote of censure
Mr Appiah-Kubi reiterated that his group still stand by the position that the vote of censure being spearheaded by the Minority side would not yield any results since after that move, they will still need to appeal to the President to remove him.
He said their reason is not “that of mismanagement of the economy”, rather public confidence in him has gone down for him to lead as Finance Minister.
Source: theGhanaianvoice.com