President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not spend
€480,000.00 on his current trips to Belgium and Rwanda, the seat of government
has rejected claims by MP for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
According to
National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker, the President’s foreign travels
continue to cost the taxpayer a lot of money.
The MP in a Facebook post on
Friday, June 24, said the “President on this occasion abandoned his favourite
LX-DIO and opted for the Airbus ACJ319 from a German-based private het
operator”.
The jet Mr Ablakwa alleges cost an astronomical €20,000
an hour.
But in a swift response, the Director of Communication at
the Jubilee House, Eugene Arhin, said the MP is peddling “lies and propaganda”.
He opined that claims by the
former deputy minister of education is not accurate.
“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,” Director of
Communication at the Jubilee House disclosed in a statement dated June 24, 2022.
“President Akufo-Addo left
Ghana on Sunday, 19th June 2022, to attend the 15th edition of the European
Development Days Forum in Brussels, Belgium. It is public knowledge that
President Akufo-Addo DID NOT travel to Belgium aboard a chartered Airbus ACJ319,
as is being claimed by the North Tongu MP.
“The President travelled to Belgium onboard an Air France
Commercial Flight (AF0584), which departed Accra on Sunday at 7:20pm, made a
stop-over in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and then continued to Paris. In fact,
all of President Akufo-Addo’s 12-member delegation travelled commercial.”
Source:Pulse.com.gh