Minister-designate for Finance Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has safely arrived in the United States of America (USA) for medical review contrary to wicked claims circulated on social media yesterday.
Mr Michael Bediako, aide to Mr Ofori-Atta tweeted the information to give assurance to the general public and financial sector players both home and abroad that Minister-designate for Finance is in good spirit.
The tweet was to dispel the wicked claims on social that Mr Ofori-Atta has succumbed to the medical complications he was experiencing after surviving COVID-19.
The claims were being made at a time that the flight on which the Minister was traveling to the United States has not even landed.
It is important to put on record that the state is not covering the costs of travel and medical review of Mr Ofori-Atta.
A section of the public created the erroneous impression that the cost of Mr Ofori-Atta’s travel and medical review was being paid for by the state just for cheap political propaganda.
Mr Ofori-Atta left for the United States of America on, Sunday, for a special medical review.
A statement issued by the Public Relations unit of the Ministry of Finance said after recovering from Covid-19 last December, Mr. Ofori-Atta has had medical complications, which doctors have advised require further interventions not currently available in Ghana.
He is expected to be away for two weeks.
Mr. Ofori-Atta was scheduled to appear before the Appointments Committee of Parliament today, February 16, 2021.
The statement said the leadership of Parliament was duly notified for a new date to be fixed upon his return.
The letterhead of the Ministry was used for the official communication because Mr. Ofori-Atta is the Representative of the President at the Ministry of Finance and Minister-designate for Finance.
However, political opponents have misconstrued this to mean the state might be paying for the trip and medical review.
