The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, is optimistic that Dr. Mohammed Amin will be able to lead the Finance Ministry due to his capabilities.
Dr. Mohammed Amin has been appointed Finance Minister-designate by President Akufo-Addo and will take over from Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
In an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM, Mr Adongo noted that Dr Mohammed Amin is competent to lead the running of the country’s economy.
“I do not doubt the competence and the abilities of Dr. Mohammed Amin. He was my former colleague on the Finance Committee, my senior at school. I have a very good respect for him,” he said.
He however described President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s removal of Ken Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister as mere ‘window dressing.’
Mr Adongo explained that ‘window dressing’ refers to making something appear deceptively attractive or favorable.
President Akufo-Addo removed Ken Ofori-Atta in a major ministerial reshuffle on Wednesday, February 14, which affected a total of 13 current ministers of state, including 10 cabinet ministers and two regional ministers. Mohammed Amin Adam has been appointed as the new Finance Minister, while Ken Ofori-Atta has been made the Presidential Advisor on the economy.
Mr Adongo expressed doubt about the effectiveness of the reshuffle, suggesting that Mohammed Amin Adam might have limited influence as long as Ken Ofori-Atta remains involved and influential in economic matters.
“This is clearly window dressing. Because now he is the Minister and they have appointed the very person they are removing as the Senior Presidential Advisor on the Economy what that simply means is that for Mohammed Amin to get any policy through in cabinet or through executive approval of the president, the president has to go and consult Ken Ofori Atta. And so technically it means that Mohammed Amin cannot do anything if Ofori-Atta is not in agreement because he would advise the president against it,” he stated.
Am sad for him because he would no longer sound evil as he used to do to the finance minister.
Dr.Amin is his senior and a Northern boy and they all understand the same language,so his worry is not someone still manipulating the finance ministry but he would no longer be relevant in the media.
Ken has been a soft person on him and he says all manner of useless things and he not responding,he knows very well that Dr.Amin would not take that from him so he would say what he said.
His media comments is now in darkness his worry.
Thanks to the president for limiting the voice of this non-performing MP for Bolga central.