One of the Senior Advisor’s to His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, has, in an exclusive telephone conversation told The Informer
that, the impending re-shuffle will affect only non-performing
Ministers of State, and not performing ones like Mr. Seth Emmanuel
Terkper, of the Finance and Economic Planning ministry, Professor Jane
Naana Opoku-Agyemang of the Education Ministry, and Mr. Akwasi
Opong-Fosu, of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development.
The advisor, who declined to be named for now, said this in reaction to
incessant calls by certain misguided leading members of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC) on the President to fire his hardworking and
uncorrupted Finance Minister, Seth Terkper.
He adds, “The President recently praised Seth Terkper for introducing
reforms and ensuring financial discipline within the public sector; so
it will be suicidal for the same person (President) to sack or even
change him”.
According to him, those pushing for Mr. Seth Terkper‘s dismissal are
only displaying their ignorance of the remarkable improvement that the
Finance minister has brought into the management of the economy and
advised that they be ignored.
“At least, those of us in the helm of affairs and, per documents
available to us, know the solid foundation Seth is laying for the big
take-off of the economy. In fact, the President is solidly behind his
Finance Minister for the prudent manner he is managing the economy for
the big take-off, and will not be ambushed by those calling on him to
dismiss Seth Terkper," he stated.
“I can state unequivocally that, His Excellency President John Mahama,
has confidence in his Finance Minister’s resolve to improve the economic
fortunes of this country, and will not bother one bit about the calls
from Allotey Jacobs and his team,” the senior advisor pointed out;
adding that those calling for the minister’s head are working in vain.
Leading members of the NDC, including its National Chairman, Dr.
Kwabena Adjei, much uninformed, have persistently blamed Mr. Seth
Terpker for the current economic challenges that the country is
experiencing and, to some extent refer to him as “Judas," but the
President disagrees totally with them.
According to him, even though the country at the moment is experiencing
some economic challenges, government’s measures at stabilising the
economy are yielding positive dividends.
Addressing Ghanaian Workers on this year’s May Day celebration, the
President hinted that, though some of the home-grown strategies being
implemented to revive the economy are considered unkind, the measures
are achieving the desired effect and the economy is gradually
responding.
“This year is a turn-around year for Ghana and I am positive that the
Ghanaian economy will show strong signs of recovery by the end of this
fiscal year,” President Mahama is reported to have said.
According to him, clear measures had been instituted to deal with the
corruption canker which is fast eating into the fabric of the economy,
indicating his government’s commitment to plugging all loopholes in the
revenue system to ensure sustainable economic growth.
He also hinted of government’s efforts at cleaning the payroll of ghost
names, to a perpetual extinction, with a massive audit system so as to
save the public purse.
However, intelligence picked up by this paper has it that, the
incessant attack on Mr. Seth Terkper is being masterminded by a former
Finance minister (name withheld for now) who has sworn heaven and earth
to bring the current Finance minister down.
In fact, The Informer is serving notice as its calls on those
behind the said attacks on Mr. Seth Terkper, particularly the said
former Finance minister, to immediately refrain from their wicked ways
or face our wrath.
Meanwhile, we urge Mr. Seth Terkper not to listen to his misguided and
uninformed detractors, but remain focused to work for the progress of
Mother Ghana.
source;ghanaweb
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