{"id":1233834,"date":"2022-10-25T11:20:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/well-boycott-2023-budget-if-you-dont-sack-ofori-atta-adu-boahen-npp-mps\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:20:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:20:27","slug":"well-boycott-2023-budget-if-you-dont-sack-ofori-atta-adu-boahen-npp-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/well-boycott-2023-budget-if-you-dont-sack-ofori-atta-adu-boahen-npp-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll boycott 2023 budget if you don&#8217;t sack Ofori-Atta, Adu Boahen &#8211; NPP MPs"},"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\/1666053241_608_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\/1666053241_608_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><strong>Some members of the Majority caucus in Parliament have threatened to boycott the presentation and debate on the 2023 budget statement if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does not remove the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry Charles Adu Boahen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NPP MPs believe that the prevailing economic situation in the country does not make it right for the two gentlemen to remain in office hence the President must ask them to go.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday, October 25, a lawmaker for Asante Akyem North, Andy Appiah Kubi said \u201cWe are unhappy with the developments in the country, we consulted our constituents who also expressed same sentients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the President to remove Ken Ofori and Chares Adu Boahen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement of over 80 Majority MPs demanding sack of Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/3NewsGH?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#3NewsGH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jptoKpelR0\">pic.twitter.com\/jptoKpelR0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #[email\u00a0protected] (@tv3_ghana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tv3_ghana\/status\/1584858313258565633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are by this medium communicating our strong desire that the President changes the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry without further delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to serve notice, and notice is hereby served that until such persons as aforementioned are made to resign or removed from office, we members of the Majority Caucus here in Parliament will not participate in any business of Government by or, for the president by any other Minster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that those of us in the back bench and members of the Majority caucus will abide by this prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saying that if our request is not responded to positively, we will not be present for the budget hearing neither will we participate in the debate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo and Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta Some members of the Majority caucus in Parliament have threatened to boycott the presentation and debate on the 2023 budget statement if President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does not remove the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry Charles Adu Boahen. 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