{"id":1215931,"date":"2022-10-04T08:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T08:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/04\/akufo-addo-ofori-atta-have-failed-amoabeng\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T08:47:41","slug":"akufo-addo-ofori-atta-have-failed-amoabeng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/04\/akufo-addo-ofori-atta-have-failed-amoabeng\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo, Ofori-Atta have failed &#8211; Amoabeng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"337\"  alt=\"\" title=\"nana and ofori atta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nana-and-ofori-atta-696x337.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"337\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/nana-and-ofori-atta-696x337.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"nana and ofori atta\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Founder of the defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta have failed in managing the economy well.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr Akufo-Addo must take responsibility for the failure of the Finance Minister because he is the appointor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Business Focus with Paa Kwesi Asare on TV3 Monday October 3, he said \u201cof course if you fail with the planning and management of the Finances of the country you have failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo yes [the Finance Minister] has failed, there is no too waste about,\u201d<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.facebook.com%2FTV3GH%2Fvideos%2F629087895292725%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When his attention was drawn to the fact that the President has expressed confidence in his appointees including Mr Ofori-Atta, Mr Amoabeng whose bank went under during the banking sector cleanup exercise undertaken by the Bank of Ghana, said \u201cthe president has failed first, so if you ask me, it is the president who has failed, everything starts with leadership, he appoints everyone and so if you appoint wrong people you must take responsibility for it. You can delegate authority not responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President\u00a0Akufo-Addo\u00a0recently gave an indication that he was satisfied with the work of his appointees.<\/p>\n<p>He said that most of his ministers have worked up to expectation. He said their output has been considerable and that is what he looks at.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Akufo-Addo said these when asked for his views on calls to reshuffle his ministers while speaking on North Star Radio in Tamale as part of his two-day tour of the Northern Region on Monday August 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of them for me have done outstanding work,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir output has been considerable, and that is what I look at,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The president further indicated that \u201cIf the output measures expectations, then I don\u2019t have any strong reasons to heed the call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta Founder of the defunct UT Bank, Prince Kofi Amoabeng has said President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta have failed in managing the economy well. He said Mr Akufo-Addo must take responsibility for the failure of the Finance Minister because he is the appointor. 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