Akufo-Addo Will Be More 'Dead Goat' Than John Mahama If He Doesn't Change Ofori-Atta – Gyampo | Politics

If President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo decides to not hearken to the calls to sack the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and nonetheless retains him in workplace, he will probably be extra useless goat than former President John Dramani Mahama, a Professor on the University of Ghana Ransford Gympo has stated.

Prof Gyampo stated the decision for the Finance Minister to go away workplace is a nationwide name for which the President should hear.

“If he says that regardless of the national call, [he is] still going to keep him, then he will be more dead goat than John Mahama,” Prof Gyampo stated on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, November 12.

“It was Mahama who said he was a dead goat and he was criticized for it. This call to sack Ofori-Atta is quite national. Not listening to the call will make him more dead goat than John Mahama.”

Regarding the movement to take away the Finance Minister from workplace, the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has set a committee to research the allegations made towards him by the Minority in Parliament for which they filed a movement to get him faraway from workplace.

The 8-member committee, co-chaired by Dr Dominic Ayine and KT Hammond, lawmakers for Bolgatanga East and Adansi-Asokwa respectively, has inside seven working days to finish its work and submit the report

The Speaker's ruling got here after the Deputy Majority Leader in Parliament Alexander Afenyo-Markin challenged the movement of the Minority on the idea that the Finance Minister will endure injustice if the House goes forward with the appliance.

Mr Afenyo-Markin indicated that the claims by the Minority have been felony in nature upon a correct scrutiny.

To that finish, he referred to as for a good listening to for the Minister.

The Minority accused Mr Ofori-Atta of, amongst different issues, personally benefitting from each mortgage that the government takes.

But the Effective Member of Parliament stated “these matters, upon a proper scrutiny, are criminal in nature. The Minister should be given a fair hearing.”

“If we go ahead with the application we will be doing a lot of injustice to our colleague. If this application is allowed it will be injustice and unfairness, the Minister wouldn't have been given adequate time to prepare for his defense,” he pressured.

Justifying the movement to get the Finance Minister eliminated, the Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu stated President Akufo-Addo was not able to sack the Minister.

Therefore, he appealed to the Majority Members of Parliament to assist the transfer to get him eliminated.

In his ruling on this matter, Speaker Bagbin stated after saying the formation of the committee that “The proof will probably be positioned earlier than the committee. The Minister can have the chance to defend himself.

“A report will be presented to the House, and we will debate that report.”