Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has said maintaining a clean conscience is the main value guiding his work as he manages Ghana’s public finances.
Speaking in an interview shared by TV3 Ghana, Dr Ato Forson said he is able to sleep peacefully because he knows he has not done anything wrong in the management of public funds.
“What guides me most is a clean conscience. When I go to sleep, I know I haven’t done anything wrong,” he said.
The Finance Minister said he has not taken public funds and treats the money entrusted to him by Ghanaians with honesty and transparency.
“I have not taken any public funds,” he stated.
Dr Ato Forson also described the management of taxpayers’ money, public borrowing and government expenditure as a sacred responsibility that must be handled in the national interest.
“Managing taxes, public borrowing and state spending is a sacred duty,” he said.
