Kwame Andy Appiah-Kubi, a member of parliament for Asante-Akyim North, has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to uphold his end of the bargain on the demand to dismiss Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
He claimed that the request to have him removed from office will be taken into consideration after the President requested that the Finance Minister be permitted to make the 2023 budget statement.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament who demanded the Finance Minister’s dismissal expect the President to uphold his end of the agreement by doing so now that he has finished presenting the budget, he claimed.
On Wednesday, November 30, Mr. Appiah-Kubi said, “We said that we will not admit him to come to present the budget because it is the president’s budget, but in accordance with our position, we have agreed with the president to respect the road map to address our request, which means that at the conclusion of it, the president will also carry out what we asked him to do.
“We anticipate that the President will fulfill his obligation under the contract. When we asked him about it, he advised us to wait until he had finished the budget before making the change. Therefore, we anticipate the president to grant the request.
The NPP members threatened to boycott the budget hearing if Mr. Ofori-Atta was going to deliver it before the presentation on Thursday, November 24.
They believed he had run out of solutions to the economy’s problems, and they wanted the President to fire him.
However, they met with the President to discuss this issue, and when the President begged them to do so, they permitted Mr. Ofori-Atta to give the document.