About 80 per cent of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament support the call to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to remove his Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry Charles Adu Boahe, the NPP Lawmaker for Asante Akyem North Andy Appiah-Kubi has said.
He made this know in an interview with TV3’s Paa Kwesi Asare on Tuesday after addressing a press conference in Parliament.
“This is not a betrayal,” he said, adding that ” 80 per cent of the NPP MPs support this call.
During that press conference, he said said “We are unhappy with the developments in the country, we consulted our constituents who also expressed same sentiments.
“We want the President to remove Ken Ofori and Chares Adu Boahen.
“We are by this medium communicating our strong desire that the President changes the Minister of Finance and the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry without further delay.
“We want to serve notice, and notice is hereby served that until such persons as aforementioned are made to resign or removed from office, we members of the Majority Caucus here in Parliament will not participate in any business of Government by or, for the president by any other Minster.
“We hope that those of us in the back bench and members of the Majority caucus will abide by this prayer.
“We are saying that if our request is not responded to positively, we will not be present for the budget hearing neither will we participate in the debate.
By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana