Traders Hail Majority Over Calls To Sack Ofori-Atta | Economy

Traders at Kantamanto throughout the central enterprise district (CBD) of Accra have welcomed calls by the Majority caucus in Parliament for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to alleviate Ken Ofori-Atta of his responsibility as Minister of Finance.

They have described the transfer as lucid and a step in the correct path to assist repair the ailing economic system.

The Majority Members of Parliament (MPs) earlier on Tuesday, October 25 issued a unanimous discover to President Akufo-Addo to sack Mr Ofori-Atta.

The MPs, numbering about 80, need the president to sack not solely Ken Ofori-Atta but additionally Charles Adu Boahen, who's a Minister of State on the Ministry of Finance, as a result of they've failed.

Addressing the media on Tuesday, October 25, MP for Asante Akyem North Andy Appiah-Kubi mentioned they've been compelled to come back public on their calls for as a result of a number of appeals to the Presidency by the management have failed.

He insisted vehemently that ought to the president fail to heed their name, they won't take part in any enterprise of government by or for the president.

The Chairman of the Used Clothes Dealers Association, Micheal Oppong, reacting to this in an interview with Onua FM, indicated that the decision by the Majority Caucus is welcoming but lengthy overdue.

He underscored that the Finance Minister ought to have been rejected or fired a very long time as a result of his abysmal efficiency.

“I strongly assist the decision by the Majority to sack Ken Ofori-Atta as a result of he has collapsed the economic system, rendering the enterprise group to undergo.

“A bale of used clothes sold at GH¢1000 is now selling at GH¢4000, which is making it difficult for our members to sustain their capital; so I think Ken should go and allow a better person to take over,” he reiterated.

He appealed to President Akufo-Addo to heed to the decision and sack the Finance Minister to assist restore hope within the government.

Some members of the Association who spoke with the information group equally expressed pleasure over the decision and prayed that President Akufo-Addo would heed to it and alter the finance ministers.

They are optimistic that there are equally higher folks within the NPP to interchange Mr Ofori-Atta.