{"id":1226552,"date":"2022-10-17T11:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/17\/kwasi-kwartengs-sacking-my-pain-is-that-a-ghanaian-who-reached-this-far-has-fallen-ofori-atta\/"},"modified":"2022-10-17T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:54:09","slug":"kwasi-kwartengs-sacking-my-pain-is-that-a-ghanaian-who-reached-this-far-has-fallen-ofori-atta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/17\/kwasi-kwartengs-sacking-my-pain-is-that-a-ghanaian-who-reached-this-far-has-fallen-ofori-atta\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwasi Kwarteng&#8217;s sacking: My pain is that a Ghanaian who reached this far has &#8216;fallen&#8217; &#8211; Ofori-Atta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"363\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Ofori-Atta andKwasi Kwarteng\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ofori-Atta-andKwasi-Kwarteng-696x363.png\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"363\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ofori-Atta-andKwasi-Kwarteng-696x363.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ofori-Atta andKwasi Kwarteng\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Addo has said said his pain with the sacking of the UK\u2019s Finance Minister of a Ghanaian descent, Kwasi Kwarteng, is that\u00a0 a Ghanaian who reached the highest level had to suffer in this manner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr Ofori-Atta however said the Lord knows best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pain or sadness is that he is a Ghanaian\u00a0 reaching almost the highest level , Chancellor of the Exchequer. Yes, we sat together three days ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am always very optimistic, if one is really doing things in truth\u00a0 there might be some waves\u00a0 but the Lord will see him through. I was surprised at what happened. I have sent an email to him, I told him the Lord knows best,\u201d Mr Ofori-Atta told TV3\u2019s Paa Kwesi Asare in Washington DC.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kwarteng was sacked by the UK Prime Minister Mary Elizabeth Truss on Friday, October 14 amidst the government\u2019s tax cuts believed to have sparked financial market turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter reacting to his dismissal, he said \u201cYou have asked me to step aside as your Chancellor, I have accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you asked me to serve as your Chancellor,\u00a0 I did so in full knowledge that the situation we faced was incredibly difficult, with rising global interest rates and energy prices. However, your vision of optimism, growth and change was right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been colleagues and friends for many years. In that time I have seen your dedication and determination. I believe your vision is the right one. It has been an honour to serve as your first Chancellor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Otchere-Darko expressed optimism that Kwasi Kwarteng will shine again.<\/p>\n<p>In the view, of Mr Otchere-Darko, Kwasi Kwarteng has the ability to rise again.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Reacting to this in a tweet, Mr Octhere-Darko who is also a former Executive Director of the Danquah Institute said \u201cHe made history as UK\u2019s first black finance minister. Little did we know that he was also to make history as the shortest on the job. Iain Macleod who lasted 30 days died on the job as chancellor of the Exchequer on 20 June 1970.<\/span>\u00a0@KwasiKwarteng<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0will rise again because he is able.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1580959171423633408\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=3news_com&#038;dnt=true&#038;embedId=twitter-widget-1&#038;features=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%3D%3D&#038;frame=false&#038;hideCard=false&#038;hideThread=false&#038;id=1580959171423633408&#038;lang=en&#038;origin=https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fkwasi-kwarteng-will-rise-again-otchere-darko%2F&#038;sessionId=62e07e060bc5cdfffeccc762fb9cffb693fa69e8&#038;siteScreenName=3news_com&#038;theme=light&#038;widgetsVersion=1c23387b1f70c%3A1664388199485&#038;width=550px\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Addo has said said his pain with the sacking of the UK\u2019s Finance Minister of a Ghanaian descent, Kwasi Kwarteng, is that\u00a0 a Ghanaian who reached the highest level had to suffer in this manner. Mr Ofori-Atta however said the Lord knows best. \u201cThe pain or sadness is that he is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1226554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[11706,1750,27550,2516,2089,607,7851,2663],"class_list":["post-1226552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-fallen","tag-ghanaian","tag-kwartengs","tag-kwasi","tag-oforiatta","tag-pain","tag-reached","tag-sacking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226552","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=1226552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1226552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1226552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1226552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1226552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}