Member of Parliament for Asante Akyem North, Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi, has disclosed that some MPs who supported the call for Ken Ofori-Atta’s ousting as Finance Minister did not want to show their faces.
He says in all, there were 96 Members of Parliament (MP) from the Majority caucus who bought into the call.
However, he says 10 of them were not willing to show their faces but were in full support of the action, leaving 86 of them out there in the public.
The Asante Akyem North lawmaker made the disclosure during his preliminary comments on the KeyPoints Saturday, February 17, 2024, on TV3.
Following the calls, President Akufo-Addo, after almost two years, on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, reshuffled the Finance Minister, a move many have described as “too late”.
Background
Some Majority Members of Parliament asked President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, from office.
The move, the group said could help restore confidence in the Ghanaian economy.
Addressing the media in Parliament Tuesday morning, October 25, 2022, Spokesperson for the group, Andy Appiah-Kubi, said they will not do business with the government if the president fails to heed to their call.
He said members from their side will not participate in any government business including the budget hearing until their demands were met.
“The majority has expressed great concern about our economy and our attempts at reaching out to the president through his Ministers have failed.
“We are by this serving notice and indeed, notice is being served now that if the president fails to act, we will not do business with him,” he said.
