{"id":1234257,"date":"2022-10-25T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/traders-hail-majority-over-calls-to-sack-ofori-atta\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T17:31:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T17:31:58","slug":"traders-hail-majority-over-calls-to-sack-ofori-atta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/25\/traders-hail-majority-over-calls-to-sack-ofori-atta\/","title":{"rendered":"Traders hail Majority over calls to sack Ofori-Atta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"492\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Ken-Ofori-Atta-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ken-Ofori-Atta-1-696x492.webp\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"492\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ken-Ofori-Atta-1-696x492.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ken-Ofori-Atta-1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Traders at Kantamanto within the central business district (CBD) of Accra have welcomed calls by the Majority caucus in Parliament for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to relieve Ken Ofori-Atta of his duty as Minister of Finance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They have described the move as lucid and a step in the right direction to help fix the ailing economy.<\/p>\n<p>The Majority Members of Parliament (MPs) earlier on Tuesday, October 25 issued a unanimous notice to President Akufo-Addo to sack Mr Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n<p>The MPs, numbering about 80, want the president to sack not only Ken Ofori-Atta but also Charles Adu Boahen, who is a Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance, because they have failed.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media on Tuesday, October 25, MP for Asante Akyem North Andy Appiah-Kubi said they have been compelled to come public on their demands because several appeals to the Presidency through the leadership have failed.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted vehemently that should the president fail to heed their call, they will not participate in any business of government by or for the president.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the Used Clothes Dealers Association, Micheal Oppong, reacting to this in an interview with <strong>Onua FM<\/strong>, indicated that the call by the Majority Caucus is welcoming yet long overdue.<\/p>\n<p>He underscored that the Finance Minister should have been rejected or fired a long time due to his abysmal performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strongly support the call by the Majority to sack Ken Ofori-Atta because he has collapsed the economy, rendering the business community to suffer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA bale of used clothes sold at GH\u00a21000 is now selling at GH\u00a24000, which is making it difficult for our members to sustain their capital; so I think Ken should go and allow a better person to take over,\u201d he reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to President Akufo-Addo to heed to the call and sack the Finance Minister to help restore hope in the government.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of the Association who spoke with the news team equally expressed joy over the call and prayed that President Akufo-Addo would heed to it and change the finance ministers.<\/p>\n<p>They are positive that there are equally better people in the NPP to replace Mr Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Maxwell Otoo|Onua FM|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta Traders at Kantamanto within the central business district (CBD) of Accra have welcomed calls by the Majority caucus in Parliament for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to relieve Ken Ofori-Atta of his duty as Minister of Finance. 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