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The Majority Caucus in Parliament has agreed to step down their request for the removal from office of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen.
In a statement dated 26th October, 2022, and signed by the Leader of Government Business and Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, he said the President H. E. Nana Akufo-Addo has engaged Members of the Caucus and “requested that the issue be stood down until the conclusion of the round of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the presentation of the Economic Policy Statement of government in November 2022, and subsequent passage of the appropriation Bill after which the matter in question shall be acted upon.
The Majority Leader said “after deliberations among the Majority Caucus today Wednesday, 26th October, 2022, it was agreed to accede to the President’s appeal”.
On 25th October, 2022, at the commencement of the Third Meeting of the Second Session of the Eight Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, about eighty (80) members from the Majority Caucus held a press conference demanding the resignation or sacking of the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen by the President Nana Akufo-Addo.
They threatened to boycott all government business in parliament including the Budget and Fiscal Policy presentation if the president fails to act on their demand.
“Notice is hereby served that until such persons as aforementioned are made to resign or removed from office, we members of the Majority caucus here in parliament will not participate in any business of government by or for the President [or] by any other minister,” Andy Appiah Kubi MP for Asante Akyem North who spoke on behalf of the disgruntled MPs explained.
