{"id":1233862,"date":"2022-10-25T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/majority-caucus-calls-for-removal-of-finance-minister-minority-hints-of-impeachment\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:41:20","slug":"majority-caucus-calls-for-removal-of-finance-minister-minority-hints-of-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/majority-caucus-calls-for-removal-of-finance-minister-minority-hints-of-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority Caucus calls for removal of Finance Minister; Minority hints of impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Accra, Oct 25, GNA \u2013 Some members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, from office without any \u201cfurther delay\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The members, numbering about 80, also asked the President to sack Mr Charles Adu Boahen, a Minister of State in the Finance Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>They said that had become necessary to restore hope in the financial sector and reverse the downward trend of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the press in Parliament on Tuesday, Mr Andy Appiah-Kubi, Member of Parliament, Asante-Akim North, who spoke on behalf of the group, said the summary of their concern was for the Minister of Finance, Mr Ofori-Atta and Mr Adu Boahen to be removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pray that this prayer will be carried to the presidency,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Minority Caucus in Parliament has given indications it will be moving a motion on the floor of Parliament for the impeachment of the Minister of Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, Deputy Minority Chief Whip, speaking at a press conference in Parliament House in Accra, said Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the Minority Leader, had already informed Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business that he would be tabling a motion for the impeachment of Mr Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n<p>More soon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"236703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/gna.org.gh\/2022\/10\/majority-caucus-calls-for-removal-of-finance-minister-minority-hints-of-impeachment\/minority-caucus-removal-of-finance-minister\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gna.org.gh\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Minority-Caucus-removal-of-Finance-Minister.jpg?fit=1280%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,960\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}\" data-image-title=\"Minority Caucus removal of Finance Minister\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gna.org.gh\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Minority-Caucus-removal-of-Finance-Minister.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gna.org.gh\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Minority-Caucus-removal-of-Finance-Minister.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Minority-Caucus-removal-of-Finance-Minister.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236703\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>GNA<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related News<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"e78c7743ff90e7b7bcff717b-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=249643311490&version=v2.3\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accra, Oct 25, GNA \u2013 Some members of the Majority Caucus in Parliament have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, from office without any \u201cfurther delay\u201d. 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