{"id":1162012,"date":"2022-07-30T00:56:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T00:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/30\/ghanaians-are-not-your-children-kwesi-pratt-tells-ken-ofori-atta-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-07-30T00:56:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T00:56:33","slug":"ghanaians-are-not-your-children-kwesi-pratt-tells-ken-ofori-atta-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/30\/ghanaians-are-not-your-children-kwesi-pratt-tells-ken-ofori-atta-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ghanaians Are Not Your Children . . .&#8221; &#8211; Kwesi Pratt Tells Ken Ofori-Atta | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ghanaians are not your children so stop the children analogy&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has told Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for the Finance Minister to\u00a0step down escalated after\u00a0he made a u-turn on the government seeking help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).<\/p>\n<p>He, however, insists he won&#8217;t resign.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;To resign is like telling a father to resign from his children because he changed his mind,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p>But contributing to a panel discussion on <strong>Peace FM<\/strong>&#8216;s morning show &#8216;<strong>Kokrokoo<\/strong>&#8216;, Kwesi Pratt says it&#8217;s wrong for anyone to consider Ghanaians as their children.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Ghanaians are not your children so stop the children analogy . . . Ghanaians are your bosses who have employed and paying you, so the relationship is totally different,&#8221;<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to him in the video below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ubFBOaRX_3U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ghanaian Are Not Your Children - Kwesi Pratt Tells Ken Ofori-Atta\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ubFBOaRX_3U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: Peacefmonline.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . Please report any inappropriate  to us, and we will evaluate it as a matter of priority.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Featured Video\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wB2-NHndouE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Our Fight Against Sim Card Registration Is Unending- Hon. Ras Mubarak Cautions Gov&#039;t\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB2-NHndouE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ghanaians are not your children so stop the children analogy&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0 the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has told Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta. Calls for the Finance Minister to\u00a0step down escalated after\u00a0he made a u-turn on the government seeking help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He, however, insists he won&#8217;t resign. 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