Tag Archives: Ken Ofori-Atta

The Chief Executive of Kufuor Foundation, Prof Baffuor Agyemang-Duah, is the latest influential individual to join calls for a ministerial reshuffle in the Akufo-Addo government. His call comes after President Akufo-Addo openly refused to heed to earlier calls for a reshuffle.   The President, in his defence, said the opposition …

The Minority caucus has gathered over 100 signatures from its fold to kickstart the vote of censure proceedings against the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. Their action seeks to invoke article 82 of the constitution, which provides for the elaborate procedure of removing a minister of state through proceedings in …

A former Chief of staff and minister of presidential affairs under the Kufour administration has called for the resignation of some Ministers. Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani is firm in his conviction the utterances of the Finance Minister before the government decided to seek the intervention of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

The Ministry of Finance has allayed fears about the fate of government’s flagship Free SHS policy and other landmark programmes. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry said that the Free SHS policy and other popular government initiatives would not be canceled despite the state’s application for IMF support. The …

Award-winning Ghanaian actress, Lydia Forson, has urged the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to apologise to Ghanaians, amidst the current economic difficulties. Her call follows a decision by government to resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for economic assistance. According to her, an apology from government will show ‘honest …

It appears that calls for Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s head over Ghana’s current economic misfortunes may have come to naught. Government spokesperson, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says justifications so far for Ken Ofori-Atta to step down are neither here nor there. Many critics including former President John Mahama have called for …

A  cabinet minister and also Minister of  Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana will soon praise the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for engaging the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic programs.   Dr Afriyie Akoto rather wants Ghanaians to be concerned with the conditionalities that …

A political science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has warned that the country will be ‘ungovernable’ if government accepts any IMF conditionality that freezes wage increment. In a Facebook post on Saturday, he stated that labour unions would be opposed to any policy, that does not …

On Friday, the Information Ministry announced that President Akufo-Addo has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to begin formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund. The decision has taken many Ghanaians by surprise. This is because before approaching IMF, the government, on numerous occasions, insisted that a bailout from the …

President Akufo-Addo has directed the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to begin formal engagements with the International Monetary Fund, for economic support, MyGhanaMedia.com can authoritatively confirm. A statement signed by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, and dated July 1st, 2022 indicated that there had already been a conversation between the …