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Bid to censure Ghana's finance minister fails in parliament

FILE PHOTO: Parliamentarians and members of the public listen as Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo delivers his annual state of the nation address to the parliament in Accra, Ghana, March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

A bid to censure Ghana's embattled finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta failed on Thursday when ruling party members walked out of parliament, depriving the opposition of the two-thirds majority it required to pass the motion.

Members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ghana's main opposition party, accuse Ofori-Atta of illegally using the government's consolidated fund to finance a national cathedral project.

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