Prophet Kofi Oduro, General Overseer, Alabaster International Ministry, cannot comprehend why Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister who has failed miserably will still be keeping his job.
According to him, if Ghana was his private company, he would have fired the under-fire minister and hired a different person who will deliver results.
In a viral video sighted by GhanaWeb, Prophet Oduro noted that the current government under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo does not like to hear the truth but as a man of God, he has to tell the President and his ministers the truth.
"Wrong is wrong. When you are wrong, I need to look into your eyes and tell you that you are wrong. It doesn’t matter [who you are]; that is what is killing this nation and it is killing churches...
"This is the time, Your Excellency to make changes and that changes must be to the honour and glory of God…our finance minister, even though he is a Christian, has failed miserably and I am telling Your Excellency with all due respect, this is the time to make drastic changes. We cannot sit here when $1.00 is equal to GHC12.00," Prophet Kofi Oduro said.
"You can do whatever you like; I came with a fresh grace to tell you something. Look! What I have observed is that the current government hates being told the truth but I am telling, ‘you will take it’. If Ghana is my private company and somebody is not delivering; I fire them; I replace them; I hire somebody else and then we are working…why can’t a nation do that?" he quizzed.
The Cedi has recently been classified by Bloomberg as the worst-performing currency against the US Dollar.
Currently, the Cedi is trading at around GH¢13 – GH¢14 to a dollar at some forex bureaus. The depreciation rate is a contributory factor for the ongoing shop closures ordered by the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA).
According to the group, the fast depreciation of the Cedi is eroding their profits and also increasing the cost of doing business.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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The problem might not be from Ofori Atta, the President does not listen to advise. Gov says no money but increase the salary of article 75 holders to about 75%, hired luxurious plane with expensive charges, employ more Service personnel like police, immigration etc all paid from the same source (gov borrow to pay workers) . The worse is expenditure of gov and it size .
Hahahaaaa, Kofi, to say the finance minister has failed miserably is an understatement. Simply put, he is a disaster. A complete disaster. Currently Ghana is on auto pilot. Our only prayer is for the remaining two years to come fast for the man to go and give us our peace. Once he's gone the boot lickers will automatically follow him. If there is anybody outside there sitting and Waiting for something positive to happen to the economy of Ghana, please rethink.
Pastor with all your knowledge why do you want to talk about the economy? Now the dollar is higher than the almighty pound sterling, is it the incompetence of the Chancellor of the exchequer? Concentrate on your gospel propagation and leave the economic dynamics to the politicians. You have stayed in the UK before call your friends and relatives for the economic hardships and soaring of prices of items. This government has chalked a lot of success in the road network, education, Industries, security, health and modernization of our working environment and many more. This hardship we are experiencing cut across the whole world. Many people compare the country to our neighbours but they do not have central banks but align their currency regulation to France central bank which is also regulated by the EU monetary policy.
Are you honestly speaking?
Well Pastor, the president and his leadership are paid using the taxes. The taxes still goes and gov uses about 90% for their keep, fuel, and everything free. If the money is not forth coming, he the president would have make changes. They do not care about the citizens .