{"id":1178394,"date":"2022-08-15T10:54:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/reconstitute-your-economic-management-team-kwabena-agyapong-tells-akuffo-addo\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T10:54:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T10:54:16","slug":"reconstitute-your-economic-management-team-kwabena-agyapong-tells-akuffo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/reconstitute-your-economic-management-team-kwabena-agyapong-tells-akuffo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconstitute Your Economic Management Team \u2013 Kwabena Agyapong Tells Akuffo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/b3d1bd2eda14467cb7247db63837e987\" height=\"190\" width=\"265\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"background-color: transparent;\">A former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Agyapong has asked President Akuffo-Addo to reconstitute his economic management team (EMT) for fresh ideas to address challenges in the economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Ghana\u2019s economy is currently not doing well and many well-meaning Ghanaians have suggested solutions to help address the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Some opinions suggest that challenges in the economy are largely owed to non-performance of some of the President\u2019s appointees and the EMT as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">This has led to widespread calls for a reshuffle, and one of the names in President Akuffo-Addo\u2019s government that has been blamed for the current economic crisis Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">President Akuffo-Addo has, however, shot down those suggestions, saying his appointees have performed to his expectation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">He added that those calls are largely coming from members of the opposition party who want to destabilize his administration and some jobless people in his political party.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">The President further said that those calling on him to reshuffle his ministers people looking for jobs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">Responding to this however, Kwabena Agyapong said on Accra based Kessben TV that no one wants the job of the president\u2019s cousin, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;\">\u201cNobody is looking for Ken Ofori Atta\u2019s job. We are looking for the economic health of this country\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: OPolitics (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAkuffo-Addo<br \/>\nGhana<br \/>\nKwabena<br \/>\nNPP<br \/>\nNew Patriotic Party<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Agyapong has asked President Akuffo-Addo to reconstitute his economic management team (EMT) for fresh ideas to address challenges in the economy. Ghana\u2019s economy is currently not doing well and many well-meaning Ghanaians have suggested solutions to help address the situation. 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