Speaking on behalf of lawmakers from the Majority Caucus who are pushing for Ken Ofori-Atta to be fired as finance minister, Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi maintains they won't take part in the hearing or passage of the 2023 budget if he isn't ousted.
The representative for Asante-Akim North, Mr. Appiah-Kubi, does not believe Ken Ofori-Atta is as crucial as others are making him out to be.
"Can't someone else deliver the budget if he isn't there? Nobody is a must. Because he [Ofori-Atta] stated in the 2022 Budget that an E-levy and Property Rate would eliminate the need to seek assistance from the IMF, we have lost all faith in him. That has not yet occurred, and the property rate has not even begun to rise as of this writing.
"We are not persuaded that Ken Ofori-Atta should be the only candidate. We have decided politically that Mr. Ofori-Atta must act in the best interests of the NPP as a whole," he continued.
Mr. Appiah-Kubi reaffirmed that his organization continues to hold to the view that the vote of censure being championed by the Minority side would not produce any results since, following that action, they would still need to ask the President to impeach the individual.
He asserts that Ofori-departure Atta's is not being demanded by the majority of MPs due to economic incompetence but rather because Ghanaians no longer trust him.
On Thursday, November 24, 2022, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta is anticipated to give the Parliament the 2023 Budget Statement.