Our strenuous efforts to protect the public purse is what has helped Akufo-Addo's gov’t to achieve more than any other gov’t – Ofori-Atta

The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has boldly said President Akufo-Addo’s government has achieved much more than any other government in almost every sector.

This according to him has been possible because of the strenuous efforts to protect the public purse.

The Finance Minister shared this on Friday, November 18, when he appeared before the ad-hoc committee set up by Parliament to hear the censure motion by the Minority

Ken Ofori-Atta also denied the allegation that he has been reckless in managing the Ghanaian economy leading to the crash of the cedi.

“I want to state that I have not been reckless in the management of the fiscal operations of the government.

“Rather, our strenuous efforts to protect the public purse is what has helped this government to have achieved much, much more than any government over a similar period in virtually all sectors, including education, health, social welfare, policing, security in general, roads, railways, agriculture, industrialisation, tourism, digitization, and funding for anti-corruption institutions,” Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta told the ad-hoc committee.

At the hearing today, the Finance Minister also disclosed that he did not withdraw funds from the Contingency Fund for National Cathedral as has been alleged by the Minority.

Meanwhile, Ken Ofori-Atta has assured that government will surely bring the country out of the current economic crisis.

The ad-hoc committee has been sitting on the censure motion since Tuesday and is expected to present a report to Parliament next week for a debate.