Ablakwa claims Akufo-Addo spent GHS2.8m on private jet to Paris, Johannesburg
- Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has made claims that Akufo-Addo spent Ghc2.8m on a private jet
- He alleged that Akufo-Addo decided to rent an aircraft that cost the Ghanaian taxpayer £15,000 an hour
- Ablakwa stated that the trip accumulated a total of 23 hours amounting to £345,000
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The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has made claims that President Akufo-Addo spent Ghc2.8m on a private jet on his recent trips to France and South Africa.
In a post on his Facebook page, he alleged that Akufo-Addo decided to rent an aircraft that cost the Ghanaian taxpayer £15,000 an hour.
He further added that the President left Accra for Paris on May 16, 2021, and then from Paris to Johannesburg and back to Accra on May 25.
Source: UGC
Ablakwa stated that the trip accumulated a total of 23 hours amounting to £345,000.
At the current exchange rate, the amount totals GHS2,828,432.80.
The former deputy Education Minister confirmed to Starrfm.com.gh that he has enough evidence to back his claims if the presidency denies his allegations.
In other news, former National Security Advisor, Brigadier-General Nunoo Mensah (rtd), has made a startling disclosure about the late former President, Jerry John Rawlings.
According to Brigadier-General Nunoo Mensah, he ditched the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Ghana Union Movement (GUM) with Rawlings’ unflinching blessing.
“The late President Rawlings encouraged me to leave the NDC and join GUM,” the retired Brigadier-General revealed on e.TV’s Ghana’s Fact Sheet Show.
Brigadier-General Nunoo Mensah added that “Rawlings himself felt he risked his life for the country and still achieved nothing.”
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