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Finance Minister-designate Ken Ofori-Atta said he had never received a salary since taking office in 2017.
He made these comments during his review by the Parliamentary Appointments Committee.
According to him, the other rights and allowances which he did not draw as minister include daily allowances.
“I don’t take a salary, I don’t take a daily allowance, so these are not the goals I come with,” he said Thursday.
He was responding to a question from North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa about his dealings with private companies working closely with many government departments and agencies.
The MP was of the opinion that the situation fuels a certain rhetoric which suggests that an unfair advantage could be given to his friends.
But Mr. Ofori-Atta explained that his commitment to improving the state of the country’s public sector maintains it even without financial considerations.
The minister-designate believes that the need to see a more dynamic public sector is an innate goal, a call that he is not ready to sacrifice on the altar of financial gain.
“I suspect you know that the civil service issue has been a real family issue for a long time and I entered it with that aspect,” he added.
The delay in checking the Minister of Finance-designate was due to a trip to the United States of America for treatment following complications after his earlier recovery from Covid-19.
In its place, the government’s 2021 budget statement was presented by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu on March 12.
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