2023 budget: 'I didn't sit in to listen to Ofori-Atta, I felt it was unprincipled to do so' - Murtala | 3News.com

Tamale Central Member of Parliament Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed has said that he did not sit in the chamber of Parliament to listen to the Finance Minister’s presentation of the 2023 budget statement.

He stated that it would have been unprincipled to sit in Parliament to listen to Mr Ken Ofori-Atta who is being asked to leave office.

This is a man who has been called to go by over half of Members of Parliament, he is no longer fit to man the office of the Ministry of Finance.

Those who had the courage to sit in said they were disappointed to sit in to listen to him,” Murtala said on the Big Issue on TV3 with Roland Walker on Friday November 25.

The opposition Members of Parliament through their leadership announced in a statement that they would be in Parliament Thursday November 24 for the 2023 budget presentation by the Finance Minister.

This, they said, was without prejudice to the investigation that is being done by the 8-member committee on the Finance Minister following the allegations they made against him.

The Members of Parliament wanted another person other than Mr Ofori-Atta to do so but after an intervention by the NPP leadership, they have agreed to allow him to present the statement.