President John Mahama has reportedly instructed the Nationwide Intelligence Bureau (NIB) to research the official travels undertaken by Nana Akufo-Addo throughout his presidency.
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In line with a report by Asaase Radio, authorities officers have justified the transfer as a part of a broader effort to uphold accountability within the administration of state funds. All through Akufo-Addo’s tenure, opposition events and civil society organisations ceaselessly raised considerations over the substantial prices related along with his worldwide journeys.
In 2021, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa alleged that the previous president spent hundreds of thousands of cedis on luxurious chartered flights as a substitute of utilising the state-owned presidential jet. These claims fuelled calls for for better transparency concerning authorities expenditure on official journey.
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The MP alleged that former president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had spent a staggering GHS 2.8 million on current travels to South Africa and France, choosing a non-public jet as a substitute of the state-owned presidential plane.
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In a fiery Fb publish, he claimed, “The Airbus ACJ320neo owned by Acropolis Aviation, primarily based in Farnborough, UK, and registered as G-KELT, is probably the most luxurious and the most costly within the Acropolis fleet. The producers describe it as ‘probably the most excellent ambassador for Airbus Company Jets.’
It prices the Ghanaian taxpayer roughly £15,000 an hour when President Akufo-Addo rents it.” The legislator additional accused the President of recklessly squandering public funds, stating that he had “blown hundreds of thousands simply to fulfill his insatiable urge for food for luxurious and luxury on the expense of the struggling lots.”
In the meantime, as of now, the federal government is but to concern a proper response to this growth.
