Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s finance minister, will be subject to a vote of no confidence on Thursday for his management of the country’s economy after the annual inflation rate reached 40.4% in October.
The cost of basic necessities including food staples, petrol, and utilities has skyrocketed, pushing price rises to an all-time high. The censure motion against the minister was introduced by the opposition MPs in Ghana for a variety of reasons, including poor economic management.
The governing New Patriotic Party, however, has instructed its lawmakers to abstain from the vote and requested its chief whips to see to it that the directive is followed.
The party claimed in a statement that the vote of censure was “ill-intended and designed to undermine government attempts to address the current socio-economic upheavals.”
NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY ASKS MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY CAUCUS TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTE OF CENSURE AGAINST THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE. pic.twitter.com/eFaFxIVjMX
— New Patriotic Party (@NPP_GH) November 9, 2022
