Isaac Adongo, Member of parliament for Bolgatanga Central said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s ‘abuse’ of the Bible prevented him and others from going to ‘church’.
According to him, Ken Ofori-Atta tends to cite the Bible in support of policies and actions that plague ordinary Ghanaians, a practice that he says has given Christianity a bad name.
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Mr Isaac Adongo said this in a speech to parliament after the Minister of Finance informed the House of Representatives about the government’s domestic debt exchange program.
The plan has sparked controversy from various stakeholders, with retired bondholders thwarting the Treasury Department for eight days.
“This is not a joke; you are even quoting the Bible. Which of the Bibles are you quoting? Quoting the Bible and taking our money? You are denying the poor pensioner his/her money and you are still quoting the Bible?
“As a country, we are not angry enough. This cannot happen to anybody. You are here reading this boring and underwhelming statement to us and yet you are taking our money,” Adongo lamented before asking Ofori-Atta to resign.
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Meanwhile, retired bondholders have finally been excluded from the debt exchange program after days of relentless protests.
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The Minister of Finance wrote them a letter stating unequivocally that the terms of their investment would be respected at maturity.
The debt exchnage program is part of the government’s debt restructuring to pave the way for a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
