Pressure continues to mount on the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to resign or be sacked by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The clamour for his removal reached its peak after a section of New Patriotic Party (NPP) legislators appealed to the President to take action amidst an economic crisis that has seen inflation soar to 37.2 per cent and the cedi tagged as the worst-performing currency in 2022.
To pile more pressure, the Minority in Parliament revealed that they had already filed a motion of censure against the Finance Minister and called on the Majority side to support.
They stated the following as the basis for which Mr Ofori-Atta should be removed.
1. Despicable conflict of interest ensuring that he directly benefits from Ghana’s economic woes as his companies receive commissions and other unethical contractual advantages, particularly from Ghana’s debt overhang.
2. Unconstitutional withdrawals from the consolidated fund in blatant contravention of Article 178 of the 1992 constitution, supposedly for the construction of the President’s Cathedral.
3. Illegal payment of oil revenues into offshore accounts in flagrant violation of Article 176 of the 1992 constitution.
4. Deliberate and dishonest misreporting of economic data to parliament.
5. Fiscal recklessness, leading to the crash of the Ghana cedi, which is currently the worst-performing currency in the world.
6. Alarming incompetence and frightening ineptitude, resulting in the collapse of the Ghanaian economy and an excruciating cost of living crisis.
7. Gross mismanagement of the Ghanaian economy, which has occasioned untoward and unprecedented hardship.