Former president John Agyekum Kufour has denied reports suggesting that he had met the over 90 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament who called for the dismissal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.
According to a statement signed by a senior aide and spokesperson of the former president, Dr Kwabena Osei-Adubofour, there is no truth in the said reportage.
“The office of former President John Agyekum Kufuor has chanced upon publications in the media, both social and traditional media, to the effect that the former president has extended an invitation for a meeting with him to the almost a hundred NPP Members of Parliament who are demanding the sack of finance minister, ostensibly to dissuade them from their stance,” the statement said.
“We wish to bring to the attention of the general public that there is no truth to the said publication.
“The office of the former President vehemently detests the developing trend in disinformation that mischievously seeks to draw President Kufuor into issues that he has not commented on,” it added.
The statement explained further that Mr Kufour is as “concerned as, perhaps more so than, others for the wellbeing and stability of Ghana, and in his own way is doing whatever he can for the nation to get on top of the seemingly intractable difficulties currently engulfing our society and would be the last person to play petty and uninformed politics in the circumstances.”
According to the disclaimer, at any time that Mr Kufuor deems it fit to comment publicly on national issues, he would not hesitate to do so but, he would definitely not be drawn in, on other people’s terms and agenda.
