MP for the Cape Coast South constituency has joined calls for the removal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Cape Coast South constituency, Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has joined calls for the removal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

He said, although the minister has an impressive record as a private businessman, his performance as the manager of the country’s economy has been abysmal.

Speaking on The Big Issue in reaction to news of Ghana’s commencement of talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout program, Ricketts-Hagan said the Finance Minister failed to demonstrate control of the economy to avert the current situation that the country finds itself in.

He said it would be most appropriate that he steps down as minister or be removed from office.

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has charged members of the party to brace themselves for a rigorous campaign that will boot out the governing New Patriotic Party in the 2024 general elections.

He said, though many Ghanaians are fed up with the governing NPP, there is a need for NDC members to be united and rigorous in their fight to make the party attractive to the electorate.

Mr. Asiedu Nketiah was speaking in Wa after swearing-in over 1000 defectors from the Progressive People’s Party to the NDC.

He added, “We encourage people to come along, so we form a united front. Once we do this, we will be able to form a formidable team that can withstand any other political party.”