Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa wants to know why Liberia’s President, George Weah, was reportedly permitted to use Ghana’s presidential jet.
The Presidential jet was allegedly used by Mr. Weah when he attended an Emergency ECOWAS Summit in Ghana on September 15, 2021.
Mr. Ablakwa in an interview informed that he expects to receive answers when Parliament returns from recess next month.
“There is a question targetted at the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration to get her to explain the circumstances under which the Liberian President used our presidential jet and what the terms and conditions were.”
“We want to know if this is an imposition of double financial burden on the Ghanaian taxpayer where we are catering for the president’s insatiable ostentatious lifestyle together with the Liberian president. Or was it the case that the Liberian president was made to pay for it? If he was made to pay, how much did he pay? We need answers to all these questions.”
President Nana Akufo-Addo has come under criticism from North Tongu Member of Parliament Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who has repeatedly accused the president of squandering taxpayers’ money by hiring luxurious jets for his overseas travels rather than utilizing the current presidential jet.
The administration stated that the existing presidential jet was difficult for long-distance journeys since it couldn’t accommodate additional passengers and had limited facilities for the president’s comfort.
The presidential jet issue was reignited lately when Okudzeto Ablakwa revealed that he had submitted two other urgent questions seeking the entire cost of President Akufo-Addo’s travel to the United States.
The Ranking Member had previously claimed that the president spent GH2.8 million on previous trips to just South Africa and France, utilizing a private jet rather than the presidential jet.
The Finance Ministry, on the other hand, skirted the issue of spending, claiming that information should be given by the National Security Ministry.
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