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KT Hammond, a co-chair of the committee that probed allegations in a censure motion filed against the Finance Minister, said they did not find a single piece of evidence to warrant the claims made against Ken Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe committee was not able to come out with any findings,\u201d he said on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, December 8, 2022.<\/p>\n
Debating the motion in Parliament, Dr. Dominic Ayine, who was also a co-chair of the ad-hoc committee insisted that they had \u201cunassailable evidence\u201d but\u00a0were compelled to build consensus on the motion.<\/p>\n
Adding to the debate, the Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, said the Minority is \u201cacting in bad fate\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin in his opening remarks said, \u201cHonourable Members, both the Constitution and the Standing Orders require that the Minister against whom a vote of censure motion is moved is entitled to be heard in defence.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said the committee has vindicated his decision and allayed the fears of a section of Ghanaians who had thought otherwise.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe information I have shared with you and the public leaves me in no doubt whatsoever that the procedure adopted by the referral of the matter to the ad-hoc committee for inquiry is well rooted in law. I am convinced that the public hearing conducted by the committee has vindicated my decision and allayed the fears of all those who had thought otherwise. Fortified by this conviction, I rule that the referral of the motion to pass a resolution on a vote of censure on the Minister of Finance to an ad-hoc committee for inquiry is proper and in accordance with the law\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n
The Minority in Parliament On October 25, 2022, filed the censure motion against Ken Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n
Some Members of the Majority caucus have also called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to sack Mr. Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n
The Minority caucus in Parliament had called on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs to join forces with its members to remove the Mr. Ofori-Atta from office.<\/p>\n
The ad-hoc committee was co-chaired by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP for Adansi Asokwa constituency, K. T. Hammond, and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Bolgatanga East, Dr. Dominic Ayine.<\/p>\n