Information Minister-designate Fatimatu Abubakar has justified the reassignment of former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to a new portfolio, emphasizing his unquestionable capacity to provide valuable advice in the financial sector.
President Akufo-Addo has appointed former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta as the Senior Presidential Advisor and Special Envoy for International Finance and Private Sector Investments.
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Mr Ofori-Atta was relieved of his position as Finance Minister on Wednesday, February 14, and replaced with Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam.
The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare in a statement dated February 15, congratulated the former Finance Minister on his appointment and wished him well.
However, Mr. Ofori-Atta’s new appointment has been criticized by a section of Ghanaians who called on the President to reconsider such a decision.
But the Information Minister-designate disagrees.
Responding to whether Ofori-Atta’s appointment was justified based on qualifications, Abubakar affirmed, “Of course.”
“His capacity to guide or to advise in the financial sector is not lost just because he is no longer Finance Minister. if his skills are required elsewhere and the president feels he can help us with negotiations or can advise, I don’t think there should be a big problem about that,” Fatimatu Abubakar said in an interview on TV3.