A government spokesperson on governance and security, Palgrave Boakye-Danquah has labelled Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as the best person to have headed the Finance Ministry.
“How can you label someone who was able to produce single digit for 2017, 2018 and 2019 as the worst Finance Minister in history? I must state emphatically that the honourable Ken Ofori-Atta is the best Finance Minister this country has ever had under this 4th republic…,” he said.
According to him, Ken Ofori-Atta since taking over the Finance Ministry has embarked on censorship which has helped unearth several acts of corruption which was engaged in by previous Ministers that occupied the position.
“His censorship at the Ministry helped to unearth the massive corruption at the ministry an how they badly negotiated the IPP deals. We have also seen how this has helped to renegotiate this deals and helped the country to save up to about US $4 million…,” he said.
To him, critics of the Finance Minister are only just grateful and playing politics ‘because for me, he is one of the most wisest, smartest, most intelligent and more respectable finance minister under this fourth republic…,” he said.
His comments follow criticisms at the Minister for failing to manage the country’s economy very well.
Ken Ofori-Atta’s critics have said that the country wouldn’t have run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bail out if he had managed the country’s finances very well.
