Deputy CEO of the Forestry Commission, Elikem Kotoko, has thrown his weight behind Finance Minister Dr.

Cassiel Ato Forson, praising him for demonstrating what he describes as "serious leadership" in contrast to his predecessor, Ken Ofori-Atta.

Speaking on Channel One TV's Breakfast Daily on Monday, July 28, Kotoko minced no words in critiquing the former Finance Minister. "He was not clad in white and giving us Bible quotations," he said pointedly. "The accompanied Bible verses were a complete toast and total variation with the personality involved at the time, who has now been declared a fugitive." According to Kotoko, the days of symbolic posturing must be over. "It gives me some sense of relief that for once, we have a Finance Minister who is serious and taking Ghanaians seriously," he stated.

His remarks come in the wake of a major payroll audit disclosed by Dr.