The Finance Minister has extended well wishes to the former Chancellor of the Exchequer in the United Kingdom, Kwasi Kwarteng, after his removal.
Ken Ofori-Addo said he did not see this coming and shares in the pain of the Ghanaian-born UK politician.
"The pain or sadness is that he is a Ghanaian reaching almost the highest level, Chancellor of the Exchequer," he said in an interview with Accra-based TV3.
Mr Kwarteng was sacked by the UK Prime Minister after less than six weeks on the job as the government's huge tax cuts triggered a financial market crisis.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta says he fèels sad about the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer. pic.twitter.com/Sv3gI4jVyP
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His removal made him Britain's shortest-serving chancellor since 1970. He was succeeded by Jeremy Hunt as the European nation grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.
Ken Ofori-Atta who was in Mr Kwarteng's company just last week intimated that even though they have not spoken since his removal, he has sent an email.
“I am always very optimistic, if one is really doing things in truth there might be some waves but the Lord will see him through. I was surprised at what happened. I have sent an email to him, I told him the Lord knows best,” he said in Washington DC.'
Back in Ghana, however, it is not that rosy in the Akufo-Addo-led administration.
Amid a free-falling cedi, a rising cost of living, and skyrocketing fuel prices, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is at the doors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to prevent a full-blown economic turmoil.
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