The embattled minister of finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, was reportedly annoyed by an attempt to give him money as a gift from some alleged investors who were actually members of Anas Aremeyaw Anas's undercover investigative journalism team.

The Tiger Eye P.I. investigators, according to a report seen by GhanaWeb, pretended to be investors who wanted to invest in Ghana and needed to meet the Finance Minister to explore opportunities and other aspects of establishing up in Ghana.

The report states that the investigators previously met with Charles Adu Boahen, Ofori-deputy, Atta's in a hotel suite in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, back in 2018. There, the now-fired Adu Boahen was paid money in exchange for facilitating access for the investors to people like Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, who allegedly accepted a US$200,000 "appearance fee" to meet investors.

Following their discussion with them, they went on to briefly meet Ofori-Atta in the Dubai airport as he was traveling to Tokyo for work.

According to the report, the minister was irate because neither he nor his PA received the financial gift from the Tiger Eye P.I. team.

"After the meeting with Charles Adu Boahen, Tiger Eye P.I., was not satisfied and wanted to trap the bigger fish, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.

"They were to have their chance, they thought when after several attempts Mr. Ofori-Atta agreed to meet them at the airport in Dubai on transit to Tokyo, Japan," Asaase radio reportage stated.

"In the company of his then Personal Assistant (PA), Michael Bediako, Mr. Ofori-Atta met the supposed investors (investigators) at the Dubai terminal hotel (Dubai International Airport) on 5 April 2018 at around 6:30 am.

"Mr. Ofori-Atta was informed the meeting was with the Chairman of Al Baraka Islamic Bank of Bahrain, whose interest was to invest $500m to set up an “ethical” bank in Ghana.

"The meeting, per our checks, lasted some five minutes. Ken Ofori-Atta left very irritated when he was offered a “gift”, which he refused to accept, and walked out with his PA who was also offered a gift that was rejected as well," the report added.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas' latest 'Galamsey Economy' exposed Charles Adu Boahen, the dismissed Minister of State at the Finance Ministry over an alleged corruption scandal.

Anas in a post on his Facebook timeline hours before the showing of the 'Galamsey Economy' film noted that the minister made some shocking revelations to his team in a hotel in UAE, when they posed as possible investors to Ghana.

Adu Boahen among other things alleged that Bawumia will require about USD200,000 as an appearance fee from an investor to get his backing and influence in establishing a business in Ghana.

“You mean, like appearance fees and stuff?" the investigators asked, to which Adu Boahen responded: "I mean he, himself (the Vice President), if you give him some (USD) 200,000 or something as a token, as thank you, appreciation, that’s fine. He’s not really, he’s not really (like) that. All he needs is to worry about his campaign money in 2020."

But Dr. Bawumia in a statement on Monday, November 14, denied the accusations and called for an investigation into the allegations.