The Finance ministry has rubbished viral claims on social media asserting that finance minister, Ken Ofori Atta has resigned from his post and that Ghanaians should ignore such false news.
According to the ministry, Mr. Ofori Atta is focused on carrying out his mandate and hasn’t resigned as speculated.
A statement from the ministry on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, said “there is no truth in these rumours.”
The claims on social media were that the minister had tendered in his resignation letter citing ill-health.
“Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta is at the post and focused on his mandate, given to him by His Excellency the President, to serve the people of Ghana in his capacity as Finance Minister,” the statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Ministry said.
The minister was away from his post for weeks in the first quarter of 2021 after contracting COVID-19.
He was flown out of the country to the US to receive medical attention from complications of the virus but returned later to go through parliamentary vetting and subsequent confirmation to remain in office for President Akufo-Addo’s second term.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
