Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, Kwasi Pratt, has asked President Akufo-Addo to heed to the numerous calls on him to dismiss the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, from his post.
Speaking on the back of President Akufo-Addo’s plea to some 80 MPs from the ruling party to allow the Minister to stay in office till after the IMF negotiations are over, Mr Pratt argued that there is no justification to keep Mr Ofori-Atta in office is the majority of Ghanaians have described him as incompetent.
Baffled by the President’s request, he questioned if Mr Ofori-Atta was the only competent person for the job.
“Is Ken Ofori-Atta the only sensible person in Ghana? People have asked him to resign over incompetence and you still want him to stay in office and read the budget? There are over 31 million people in this country so I can’t comprehend this” he said.
He said since the position is not the Bonafide property of anyone, Mr Ofori-Atta must either resign or be dismissed for another person who can do the job as expected to be appointed.
Source: The Independent Ghana