The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has urged Parliament to assist the National Media Commission (NMC) in holding the investigative, prosecutorial, and judicial agencies accountable for reported incidents of attacks on journalists in the country.
The censure motion against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has been lost in a one-sided secret ballot in Parliament as the Majority Group staged a walkout.
The Majority Group in Ghana’s Parliament has beaten a fast retreat on its request for the President to sack the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta and the Minister of State at the Presidency in charge of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen for the abysmal performance of the Ghanaian economy and the fast depreciating currency against the major trading currencies such as the dollar.
The Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business, Osei Kyei-Mensa-Bonsu, has speculated the adverse impact of a possible vote of censure on the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta on the economy.
