The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has urged former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to return to Ghana and face the law, arguing that doing so is necessary to protect his integrity.
Speaking on The Big Issue on Saturday, January 10, 2026, Mr Amoah questioned Mr Ofori-Atta’s commitment to accountability, citing comments he made while in office when he refused to resign despite worsening economic indicators.
According to him, Mr Ofori-Atta had justified his decision to remain in office at the time by saying he was a father and could not abandon his children. Mr Amoah argued that the same sense of responsibility should now compel the former finance minister to return to Ghana and submit himself to the law.
“I recall when the Honourable Ken Ofori-Atta was still the Finance Minister. In one of his interviews, he was asked whether he would resign when the indicators were so awful. His response was that he’s a father and he cannot abandon his children. I wonder why the fatherliness in him has suddenly evaporated,” he said.
Mr Amoah added that the former finance minister owes Ghanaians explanations over several unresolved matters related to his management of the economy and financial agreements during his tenure.
He stressed that, as a matter of integrity, Mr Ofori-Atta must return to Ghana to face accountability.
“I think that if it was down to integrity issues, if I were him, if I had the courage to take the kind of decisions he took, I would have come down and faced the law,” he added.
