Okudzeto Ablakwa’s €480K cost of private jet for Prez Akufo-Addo’s Belgium and Rwanda travels inaccurate – Presidency
Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, in a three-page statement has debunked claims that the President has spent a conservative bill of €480,000 on his current trip to Belgium and Rwanda.
According to Mr Arhin, the claims made by Hon Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, MP for North Tongu, are inaccurate.
Mr Ablakwa had earlier today criticised the President for costing the Ghanaian taxpayer €20,000 an hour for flying the “luxury monster”.
Taking it to his Facebook timeline, Mr Ablakwa wrote, “Incorrigible President Akufo-Addo has done it again. After pretending he was a changed man by flying commercial on his last two trips to the US and the UK, he has returned to his grossly insensitive and reckless ways of profligate traveling in ultra-luxurious charters.”
“For President Akufo-Addo’s current trip to Belgium and Rwanda; we can confirm a conservative bill of €480,000.00. The 480,000 Euros which is derived from 21 hours of total flight time plus other industry charges works out to some 4.1million Ghana Cedis at current exchange rate.
But according to Mr Arhin, the President travelled to Belgium onboard an Air France Commercial Flight (AF0584).
He also noted that all of President Akufo-Addo’s 12-member delegation travelled commercial.
“These claims by the North Tongu MP are not accurate, and as a Member of Parliament, I was hoping he would have been factual and truthful in his claims, and resisted the urge to engage in propaganda,” Mr Arhin stated.
Read below details of the statement by the Presidency:
Response to Hon Okudzeto Ablakwa by Fuaad Dodoo on Scribd
