The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has dismissed suggestions that the current economic crisis in Ghana was mainly caused by the war being waged on Ukraine by Russia.<\/p>\n
Addressing the Committee on the motion of censure against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, the Tamale South MP, said the \u201creckless borrowing\u201d and \u201creckless spending\u201d by the Finance Minister are the cause of Ghana\u2019s woes.<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you borrow to support the war in Ukraine,\u201d Mr. Iddrisu asked, arguing that, it was because of Ofori-Atta\u2019s recklessness that caused Ghana\u2019s economic woes.<\/p>\n
His comment was in response to a remark made by the co-chairman of the Committee, K.T Hammond, who suggested that Mr. Ofori-Atta cannot be entirely blamed for the country\u2019s financial crisis.<\/p>\n
The public hearing of the committee on the censure motion against Mr. Ofori Atta kicked off on a rough note Tuesday morning after clashes between the Minority and Majority members of the committee on the mode of the submission of evidence.<\/p>\n
Even before being sworn in, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, who was the first to appear before the committee, wished to tender evidence that was contested by the Chairman, KT Hammond, and some majority members.<\/p>\n
The beleaguered Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will on Friday be expected to put up a defense to the Minority\u2019s push for a vote of censure against him.<\/p>\n
This follows the conclusion of the first public hearing by the eight-member ad-hoc committee sitting on the matter on Tuesday, amidst heated exchanges, objections, and concerns over the admissibility of evidence.<\/p>\n
The Minister in a written request, before the hearing, sought further and better particulars on the grounds for the motion while raising questions over the committee\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n
The start of the hearing was held up because of a clash over the mode for tendering evidence at the committee.<\/p>\n
Even before being sworn in to testify, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and, Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, who was the first to appear before the committee, wished to utilize evidence in a manner that was contested.<\/p>\n
While the committee\u2019s clerk said he had not received the formal record of the evidence from the Minority, Mr. Forson said he had sent the notice of evidence via hyperlinks because the clerk\u2019s notice to him had come in a letter sent via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n