The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu is counting on his colleagues from the Majority side of the House to support them to succeed in their motion of censure against the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta.
Mr. Iddrisu said ordinarily in any civilized democracy in the world, there should not have been a motion for the Minister to vacate his position; he himself upon self appraisal of where he has led the country to, led the economy to in all conscience would bow-out and save this country, save investments.
The Minority Leader was reacting to calls by the deputy Majority Leader, Afenyo Markin who called on the Minority to furnish the Finance Minister with evidence of all the points contained in their motion of censure to enable him (Finance Minister) prepare well for a fair hearing.
According to him, the Minority brought a competent motion to the House, and he is very much aware that his side (Minority) doesn’t have the threshold to succeed in a censure, but he was also well aware that voting on the motion is through secret balloting.
“And I’m aware that there are like minded persons opposite the aisle, who share their position on the motion but are afraid to be seen offending the president because the Minister of Finance has become a ‘small god’.
He said he would count on his colleagues from the Majority who have demonstrated publicly their desire to see the Finance Minister sacked to help them secure the two-thirds threshold to succeed.
“I trust that they would not abandon ship because they told the world they were guided and advised by their constituents; they should go back to their constituents who are reeling in the real hardship of the pains inflicted by Nana Addo, Ken Ofori Atta on Ghanaians, on businesses”.
He said the president’s assurance when he addressed the country on the economy that there would be no haircut cannot be, because he knows that there would be some barbering on people’s investments and savings, “I know for a fact” he stated.
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“I am confidence in the sense that, when you look at the 2020 elections both major parties manifesto was virtually the same, they were all talking about improving the environment and having sanitation Ministry, National Sanitation Authority. If you look at the approach and strategy they did not differ when it comes to sanitation”.
As the country prepares itself for its election in October 2023, the Ho West lawmaker is serving on the Community’s Parliament Legal and Human Right Committee and was part of an eight-member delegation selected by the Speaker to visit Liberia and assess the situation on early warning signals, and triggers of conflict ahead of campaigns towards the country’s October 2023 General Elections.
Speaking to the media after their closed-door meetings with these stakeholders, Mr. Bedzrah indicated that the team was in Liberia to ensure a sound environment for a peaceful General Election in 2023.
“For someone who is struggling to make ends meet, I think the calculation in their mind is not going to be a difficult one; fusel fuel that wins every time less we can ensure that there is proper technology transfer”.
She noted that on her trip to Brussels during the recess, Europe and the rest of the more industralised nations are talking about how Africa needs to stop using fusel fuel; citing example of how Africa needs to create a scenario where “we can export wind energy, solar energy, to part of Europe”.
The resolutions are geared towards finding solutions to the increasing rate of social, environmental and gender violations connected to land grabs and deforestation for industrial plantation expansion by agro-commodities companies in Africa with grave impacts on local communities, forest dependent peoples, small holder farmers with aggravated consequences on women and their families.
Considering the report of the working group on the rights of indigenous communities in Africa, adopted by the Commission in 2003 at its 28th Ordinary Session, and which among others recognizes that protection of communal rights to land is fundamental for the survival of indigenous communities in Africa, Friends of the Earth-Africa (FoEA) through the NGO Forum, hereby calls on the African Commission to:
It noted that in 2020, 331 defenders were killed across 25 countries around the world with at least 227 of them (EHRDs) were either murdered, brutalized or silenced; making the agro-commodities sector one of the most dangerous sectors for Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs), in Africa.
“If we think UN and IMF would bring something, we are not going to come out of our problems; and the earlier leaders of the country realize that we need to be telling the truth to Ghanaians, the better. At the meeting we were told the people we are leading are tired of long speeches and sweet words, that the people need action, we should walk the talk”.