Today, December 8, 2022, members of Parliament (MPs) will start debating the resolution of censure against the troubled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
The motion of censure was brought by the Minority Caucus against the Finance Minister, who they charged with economic incompetence, financial irresponsibility, conflict of interest, and egregious economic mismanagement.
The debate will center on whether the House should vote to remove Mr. Ofori-Atta from office or not. It was originally scheduled to take place on Wednesday but was moved to today.
On November 25, 2022, the report from the 8-member ad hoc committee, which had been appointed by the Speaker of the House, Alban Bagbin, to look into the motion filed against the Finance Minister.
Parliament’s minority motion for censure against Ken Ofori-Atta was submitted on October 25, 2022.
Additionally, a few members of the majority caucus have urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fire Mr. Ofori-Atta.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs were urged by the Parliamentary Minority caucus to work with their allies to depose Mr. Ofori-Atta.
K. T. Hammond, an MP for the Adansi Asokwa seat of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Dr. Dominic Ayine, an MP for Bolgatanga East of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), co-chaired the ad hoc committee.
