Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has admitted that the several calls that came for him to be removed from office were justified within the framework of the country’s democracy.
He has, however, indicated that he had to stay on to serve Ghana.
The Minister was speaking in an interview with the state broadcaster, GTV. According to the Minister, Ghanaians had every right to demand the removal of a public official.
The Minister posited that the situation at the time required that he stay on to serve.
He also explained that the IMF deal and the preparations to seek a bailout also required that he stay in office despite the pressure mounting on him to resign or be sacked.
“In the period of censure, in which Parliament then voted against it, but more importantly, you were in a situation where you were battered and broken. But you do not leave a ship at that time. And given the urgency of ensuring the IMF programme goes through, for me, it was a duty to serve, and there was no running away from it,” the Finance Minister said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
