137 legislators in Ghana move motion to sack finance minister

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Mr Ofori-Atta is also accused of making unconstitutional withdrawals from the Consolidated Fund supposedly for the construction of the President's Cathedral.

A total of 137 legislators of the Ghanaian parliament have moved a motion to sack the West African country’s finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta.

According to the constitution, a vote of censure may or may not lead to the resignation or outright firing of a government appointee. The legislators said he made “illegal” payments of oil revenues into offshore accounts and was “deliberately” and “dishonestly” misreporting economic data to the Parliament.

 

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