This is because the nominee as Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is still in the United States of America (USA) for a medical review.
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'Caretaker Finance Minister' Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu presents 2021 budget statement today
The Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, who was appointed as the caretaker Minister of Finance will present the 2021 Budget Statement in Parliament today, Friday, March 12.
Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader
The Suame MP was appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the caretaker of the Finance Ministry.
A letter from the President addressed to Speaker Alban Bagbin said "I write respectfully to inform you that pursuant to Order 140 Rules 2 and 3 of the Standing Orders of Parliament, I have assigned temporarily responsibility for the Ministry of Finance to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Member of Parliament for Suame."
Ken Ofori-Atta, who served as Finance Minister in Nana Addo's first term from 2017 to 2021, was nominated by President Akufo-Addo in January 2021 to serve in the same portfolio in his second term, but he is yet to be vetted by Parliament’s Appointments Committee due to health reasons.
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Ahead of his scheduled date for vetting, the Finance Ministry announced in a statement on February 14, 2021, that Ken Ofori-Atta was being flown to the UK to receive medical attention after suffering complications from COVID-19.
According to the ministry, he recovered from the disease but suffered some complications later.
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