"The Ministry of Finance held the staff during and after the party" – Hadzide

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta

Vice Minister of Information, Pius Enam Hadzide, suggested that a flyer claiming that the Ministry of Finance was holding a party to celebrate recent economic success was creating a troll or d & # 39; 39, overzealous staff..

the According to the flyer, the "Kenkey Party" announced on Friday, March 22 was meant to celebrate what he called "Ghana's hat trick" of a successful Eurobond, the completion of the IMF program. -ECF and appreciation of the cedi.

However, Mr. Hadzide stated that his personal checks at the Ministry of Finance revealed that it was an event involving staff to review the work in progress within that department. ministry.

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Speaking at a radio broadcast on Peace FM based in Accra Monday morning, Mr Hadzide said that an internal memo posted on the Ministry of Finance billboard described the 39 event as a personal durbar and perhaps an overzealous staff member or troll created the tract for malicious purposes. .

The ministry insisted that products made in Ghana be promoted. This is why, in Durban, it was decided to serve only local Ghanaian dishes, including "Waakye" and "Kenkey".

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was eating Waakye (a dish made from rice and beans) during the event on a social media photo.

In defending the media bar on social media, one of the main figures of the new patriotic party, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, said that the consumption of products made in Ghana could help stabilize the cedi.

Maybe, if we all eat more kenkey and fish (made in Ghana) and we use and carry more products made in Ghana and even mistakenly brought to Ghana, just like our Minister of Finance, we will help maybe the Cedi in our own small ways.

– Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) March 22, 2019

"Maybe, if we all eat more kenkey and fish (made in Ghana) and use and carry more products made in Ghana and even, ERRM, car made in Ghana, as our finance minister does, we may help the Cedi in our own way, "said Otchere-Darko on Twitter.