What Can Ken Ofori-Atta Do In 3 Weeks If He Couldn't Do It In 6 Years? - Charles Owusu To President | Politics

Former Head of Monitoring Unit on the Forestry Commission, Charles Owusu, has expressed his dissatisfication with President Nana Akufo-Addo's response to the Majority Caucus over their request for the elimination of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

Over eighty (80) Members of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party have petitioned the President to dismiss the Finance Minister and the Minister of State on the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen.

But the President, in a gathering with the aggrieved MPs, has requested them to attend until Mr. Ofori-Atta seals Ghana's deal for monetary help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Tackling the difficulty throughout Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" morning present, Charles Owusu took the President's assurance to the MPs with a pinch of salt.

According to him, the President's assertion is simply "a nice way to tell the Parliamentarians that I have listened to you but I won't do it".

He puzzled what Mr. Ofori-Atta can do in three weeks if he could not do it in six years to remodel the financial system.

"If the 2024 elections are held and the NPP wins, will Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta continue to be the Finance Minister of Ghana?...Someone who has been in government for six (6) good years, if he couldn't do everything he must do in 6 years, what can he do in three (3) weeks?...What change will three weeks bring?", he requested.

Charles Owusu could not "understand why it should be difficult" for the President to take away Ken Ofori-Atta "when Ghanaians and members of his party are calling for the removal of this man" as he careworn "this country will still be governed should Akufo-Addo die today".

Making reference to a biblical account on the liberty of the folks of Israel from Egypt, he cautioned President Akufo-Addo to not harden his coronary heart regarding the requires eradicating the Finance Minister.

"Pharoah hardened his heart not to let the people of God go and his end resulted in death", he warned the President.