{"id":1158518,"date":"2022-07-25T19:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/minority-mps-chant-away-as-ofori-atta-presents-2022-mid-year-budget\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:30:20","slug":"minority-mps-chant-away-as-ofori-atta-presents-2022-mid-year-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/minority-mps-chant-away-as-ofori-atta-presents-2022-mid-year-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority MPs chant &#8216;away&#8217; as Ofori-Atta presents 2022 mid-year budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/minority-fumes-over-plans-to-increase-presidential-staffers-to-1614.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Minority\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Minority <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Minority side have chanted calls for the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to resign.<\/p>\n<p>The call by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs is not new as there have been many calls for his resignation or for his sacking over what people have termed his poor management of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Chanting intermittent calls during and after his presentation of the Mid-Year Budget Review in parliament, some of the NDC MPs called out for the minister to step aside from his position.<\/p>\n<p>The Finance Minister, Mr Ofori-Atta on Monday, July 25, presented the 2022 mid-year budget to Parliament for approval.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Although there have been many calls for his resignation, the Minister of Finance has indicated that he would do no such thing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the New Patriotic Party\u2019s Annual National Delegates\u2019 Conference in Accra on July 16, he said, \u201cI will not resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, resigning at this time can be likened to an abandonment of children by a father.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The therapy that worked for Ken Ofori Atta in parliament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Asking me to resign is like telling a father to abandon his kids \u2013\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Ofori-Atta must resign over IMF u-turn \u2013 Kwabena Agyapong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"OtBNAnoFDtU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I told him I was pregnant for 8months but he doesn&#039;t want to accept it - Lady Laments - Obra.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OtBNAnoFDtU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority The Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Minority side have chanted calls for the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to resign. 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