Sophia Akuffo, a retired Chief Justice has hit back at Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta over what she says is a forceful inclusion of pension bondholders in the Domestic Debt Exchange Program.
According to her, calls by the finance minister to pension bondholders and others to sacrifice is misplaced as she argues that the minister and government have failed to demonstrate that they are sacrificing to merit sacrifices from the people.
“He [Ken Ofori Atta] should show us his sacrifices, he should show us the State’s sacrifices. In any case, me I don’t think anyone has a right to demand sacrifice from anybody. Sacrifice is a voluntary thing that you choose to do. Even with our relationship with God, he doesn’t force us to sacrifice, we are to go willingly. I haven’t seen any sacrifice to merit my sacrifice or to encourage anybody to make this sacrifice”, Madam Sophia Akuffo told journalists.