Parliamentarian for Subin Eugene Boakye Antwi has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to keep his promise to fire the finance minister following the conclusion of the IMF bailout.
He claimed that the 80 New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmakers who demanded the dismissal of Ken Ofori-Atta expect the President to keep his promise.
“My job is to expose the failings I think are happening at the Ministry of Finance… Principle and conviction alone should make you resign,” Eugene Antwi said.
In response to the nation’s economic problems, the Member of Parliament for Asante-Akim-North, Andy Appiah Kubi, and other New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs demanded the Finance Minister’s dismissal in 2022 and threatened to boycott the 2023 budget presentation.
After speaking with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo about the issue, the MPs later changed their minds.
On Friday, May 19, Ghana was given the first payment of $600 million from the $3 billion three-year extended credit support provided by the IMF.
After the agreement of the deal, Ken Ofori-Atta urged Ghanaians to look forward to a new era in their economic development.
He claims that the government is open to new initiatives and that the nation is unquestionably moving toward both economic recovery and resuscitation.
“Indeed, I think we have to move ahead, and as the good book says, we should forget the former things, we should not dwell on the past and see that new things are being done, and we are ready for that”.
At a recent press conference hosted by the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Ofori-Atta stated that the government will assist the Fund in achieving the program’s intended objectives, “and the collective effort of the Ghanaian people will work through our current challenges and emerge stronger than before”.
He furthered that “greater things are ahead. We know Ghana can achieve it. We’ve been through this before, and we are ready to ensure that we set a pace that others can also follow”.
The country’s bilateral partners, particularly those who are G20, Common Framework, Paris Club, and G7 members, as well as the support provided by India, Saudi Arabia, China, and Turkey, which the finance minister described as having been really tremendous in helping Ghana get this far, were also acknowledged as playing a significant role.
