Accusations that the beleaguered Minister of Finance, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, is exclusively to blame for the current economic crisis have been met with vehement denials from him.
A motion of censure was filed to have him fired as Minister of State as a result of the claims made by several Members of Parliament (MPs), particularly the Minority caucus.
On Thursday, December 8, 2022, the motion was discussed following the presentation of the report by the eight-member Ad hoc Committee, which had been appointed by Speaker of the House Rt Hon Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin.
The Committee was set up to give the Finance Minister an opportunity to be heard before the Motion, filed and seconded by Haruna Iddrisu and Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak respectively, is considered.
After the report was presented, Mr Ofori-Atta had his last take on the grounds for which he is being censured.
In a calm and soft voice the Finance Minister authored “If I say I am innocent, they won’t believe me and if I ask for the truth and proof, they won’t be able to provide it.”
“I have committed no crime”, he stressed.