Bernard Allotey Jacobs, a social commentator, has explained why he recently criticized Ken Ofori Atta, the finance minister.
The Finance Minister is frequently criticized by Allotey Jacobs for not listening to Ghanaians and actively seeking out criticism of the current administration.
He claims that “He’s not doing well, is he?
While the President and his cabinet are actively working to make this country happier and more peaceful, I don’t think he pays attention to advice.
I have no idea why.”
He added; “When you are in such a state, you find a solution to it. You go across board. You meet experts. You meet stakeholders. Look, invite them into your office; sit down with them. The importers we are talking about might be the chief financiers for the ruling party, so don’t go and touch that constituency. Once you touch them, there is trouble but you see if you don’t hold the bull by the horn to take decision that for the next six months because of the current economic situation, there’s not going to be any imports into this country . . .We are in a difficult situation, don’t let us joke about it.”
On Wednesday, 24th August 2022 edition of Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, Allotey Jacobs explained why he’s hard on the Finance Minister.
To him, Akufo-Addo’s appointees are to work as a team to make the administration successful but because Ken Ofori-Atta is not performing well, it seems the government is underperforming.
“There are some measures that can send shock waves which will yield results at the end of the day… he’s (Ofori-Atta) not discharging his duties diligently… I’ve supported a lot of policies coming from the Ministry of Finance… but it seems Ken Ofori-Atta who is the striker among Akufo-Addo’s appointees, is allowing the ball to pass through his legs,” he lamented.