Atta Akyea Urges Ken Ofori-Atta To Resign As Finance Minister: “The Nation Will Have Peace”

• The Akim Abuakwa South MP, Samuel Atta Akyea, has urged the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to resign from office
• Atta Akyea urged the finance minister to reflect on himself and the political climate amid the economic crisis
• The legislator said Ofori-Atta leaving office would contribute to calming some political tensions in the country

The Akim Abuakwa South MP, Samuel Atta Akyea, has urged the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to consider stepping down from his office.

Atta Akyea urged some self-reflection from the embattled finance minister, who has had to contend with an economic crisis over the past year.

During his comment on the issue in a Citi News interview, the legislator also suggested that resigning may be in Ofori-Atta's best interest.

Atta Akyea also believes a possible Ofori-Atta association would calm political tensions.

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“He should look at himself and look at the troubles that everybody believes. I mean, when he is not there, then the nation will have peace."

The MP also criticised people who blame Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia for the economic crisis.

Ofori-Atta has in the past faced calls to resign from protest movements and both sides of the aisle in Parliament.

Members of the Ofori-Atta's New Patriotic Party have also called on him to resign in the past.

These have included former Presidential aspirant Kwabena Agyei Agyapong and former chief of staff Kwadwo Mpiani.

Despite the numerous calls, Ofori-Atta has said in the past he will not step down as minister.

He compared it to a father abandoning his children if he stepped down.

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Ofori-Atta apologises for economic crisis in Ghana

Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh reported in a separate story that the finance minister has said he feels the pains of Ghanaians over the debilitating economic crisis.

Ofori-Atta made the comment when he appeared before the ad hoc committee hearing the grounds for a censure motion brought against him by the Minority caucus.

The minister said he has managed the economy very well, contrary to the allegations by the Minority.

Source: YEN.com.gh