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Economic Hardship: NPP MPs Want Bawumia to Join Ofori-Atta Out; Says He Can’t Be Exonerated
A spokesperson for the ninety New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) pushing for the removal of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, to restore some confidence in the economy has added the Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia who is the Head of the Economic Management Team (EMT) to the list.
According to the MP for Asante-Akim North Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Andy Appiah-Kubi, the vice president cannot be forgiven when it comes to the mismanagement of the economy.
He said the vice president as the head of EMT also played a role in the gross mismanagement of the economy which has led to people losing confidence in Ghana’s economy.
It is under the watch of the vice president that all rating agencies downgraded Ghana’s economy to Caa2.
The spokesperson added the vice president to the list of personalities that must be removed from the management of the economy to restore some confidence to the economy while reacting to the rumours from the vice president’s camp that he was not allowed to do his work leading to the situation the country finds itself.
The NPP MP spoke on the Accra 100.5 FM’s mid-day news on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
He said for the past six years, the vice president and the two finance ministers have supervised the dwindling fortunes of the economy.
These people have been at the helm of affairs and the country is suffering and Ghanaians have nothing to show due to economic challenges.
Now everybody is suffering from the skyrocketing price of food, high inflation, cedi depreciation and speeding petroleum prices. He added that in all these, the vice president remains the head of the EMT.
He noted that the backstops with the vice president when it comes to the management of the economy.
“The vice president has no excuse for mismanaging the economy and he cannot jump ship when people are baying for the blood of the ministers,” lawmaker Andy Appiah-Kubi charged.
