{"id":1233991,"date":"2022-10-25T13:36:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/sack-ken-ofori-atta-to-restore-hope-in-economy-20-majority-mps\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T13:36:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T13:36:51","slug":"sack-ken-ofori-atta-to-restore-hope-in-economy-20-majority-mps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/sack-ken-ofori-atta-to-restore-hope-in-economy-20-majority-mps\/","title":{"rendered":"Sack Ken Ofori-Atta to restore hope in economy &#8211; 20 Majority MPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/4E2D066F-C121-430A-A1A6-0847096E280D.jpeg\" alt=\"Sack Ken Ofori-Atta to restore hope in economy - 80 Majority MPs\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nSack Ken Ofori-Atta to restore hope in economy &#8211; 80 Majority MPs <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Some Majority Members of Parliament numbering about 20 have asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, from office.<\/h2>\n<p>The move, the group said could help\u00a0restore confidence in the Ghanaian economy.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media in Parliament Tuesday morning, spokesperson for the group, Andy Appiah-Kubi, who is the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North said\u00a0they\u00a0will not do business with the government if the president fails to heed to their call.<\/p>\n<p>He said\u00a0members from their side will not participate in any government business including the budget hearing until their demands were met.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The majority has expressed great concern about our economy and our attempts at reaching out to the president through his Ministers have failed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are by this serving notice and indeed, notice is being served now that if the president fails to act, we will not do business with him,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Attached below is a video of the MPs stating their case<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"JfFHKs-Oh4c\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sack Ken Ofori Atta to restore hope in economy  - Some NPP MPs\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JfFHKs-Oh4c?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read also:\u00a0Minority to move motion for impeachment of Finance Minister in Parliament today <\/p>\n<p>MORE TO FOLLOW\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"eaf72119d0ab35aa538fb1ac-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"eaf72119d0ab35aa538fb1ac-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sack Ken Ofori-Atta to restore hope in economy &#8211; 80 Majority MPs Some Majority Members of Parliament numbering about 20 have asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, from office. 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