{"id":1194502,"date":"2022-08-30T08:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/allow-ken-ofori-atta-to-fix-the-economic-problems-mcdan\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T08:42:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T08:42:38","slug":"allow-ken-ofori-atta-to-fix-the-economic-problems-mcdan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/allow-ken-ofori-atta-to-fix-the-economic-problems-mcdan\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow Ken Ofori Atta to fix the economic problems \u2013 McDan \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>MacDan says Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta should mend the economy. According to McDan Group\u2019s CEO, individuals asking for the Finance Minister\u2019s removal should push him to turn things around and revive the economy.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>He remarked that although he respects people demanding the minister\u2019s head, they should understand why Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect his critics. Let Ghana\u2019s Finance Minister handle its issues. McDan told Accra-based TV3 that the president understands why he\u2019s holding him.<\/p>\n<p>Many have called for the Minister\u2019s removal after the country\u2019s IMF bailout.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Baffuor Agyemang-Duah is a governance specialist and Kufuor Foundation CEO. He identified three ministers Akufo-Addo must fire.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Ofori-Atta, Agric Minister Osei Akoto Afriyie, and Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO: 1\u2019ve awarded George Quaye 2 million dollars contract \u2013 McDan<\/p>\n<p>Prof Agyemang-Duah remarked on Joy News on August 14, 2022, that the president should change his cabinet to energize his staff.<\/p>\n<p>If you listen to the ground, you\u2019ll hear that the health sector, meaning the Minister of Health and the Minister of Agric, are important, together with the Minister of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Some ministers are unknown. They aren\u2019t working. Others ministers seem quite fatigued, and some have health difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>Prof Agyemang-Duah said, \u201cIf the President wishes to move, he may consider all these issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo praised his ministers\u2019 performance in an interview with Tamale\u2019s North Star radio on August 8. He said, \u201cMany of them have done fantastic job.\u201d I consider their output.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo said, \u201cIf the production meets expectations, I have no need to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; MacDan says Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta should mend the economy. According to McDan Group\u2019s CEO, individuals asking for the Finance Minister\u2019s removal should push him to turn things around and revive the economy. He remarked that although he respects people demanding the minister\u2019s head, they should understand why Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo nominated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1134809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4075,3010,9576,2087,2746,3653,1261],"class_list":["post-1194502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-atta","tag-economic","tag-fix","tag-ken","tag-mcdan","tag-ofori","tag-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}