P.C. Appiah Ofori, a former representative for Asikuma Odoben-Brakwa, has criticised some NPP lawmakers who are pushing for the dismissal of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta.

He claimed that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should be the goal of the movement to remove the finance minister.

Applying a hypothetical, Appiah Ofori argued that the finance minister should be held accountable for defective roads rather than the road minister, and that the finance minister should follow the same logic.

Ofori-Atta hasn't committed any known atrocities that would call for his dismissal, according to Appiah Ofori.

Speaking on Onua TV, he said “those doing that I don’t understand them, I don’t know the sin the finance minister has committed. If the road becomes deplorable, why do you say the road minister should resign? What sin has the finance minister committed, has he stolen money, if he has not stolen money and it is just that things have gone bad, is he the one to be held responsible? Minister of Road and Transport, and you say because a road is spoilt the minister should be sacked. Sometimes when they are doing it, they don’t give it careful thought.”

He further added that the country’s economic hardships are not the fault of the finance minister.

“What specific sin has the finance minister committed? Has he stolen the country’s money for wrongful purposes? If things are not going well in the country, how is it the finance minister’s fault?” he asked rhetorically.

Eighty members of parliament of the New Patriotic Party have called for the removal of Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta as well as the Minister of State in charge of finance, Charles Adu-Boahen.

The MPs want the removal of the Minister due to the current economic crisis the country is experiencing.

Following the public declaration of disapproval of the Finance Minister by the MPs, an emergency meeting was convened at the behest of President Akufo-Addo to deliberate and understand the misgivings of the MPs towards the Finance Minister.

The major fallout from the meeting was the president's requests to the MPs to allow the finance minister three weeks to prepare the 2023 budget and conclude negotiations with the International Monetary fund.