The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has decried the justification of President Akufo-Addo’s luxurious flight which allegedly cost £15,000 per hour, by Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul.
“The Minority is stating that the reasons provided by Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul to Parliament are an insult to the Ghanaian people. It does not make sense and we don’t see the head and tail of it.
“The other unturnable excuse is that the presidential jet as it is now, the President cannot take a bath. I mean the most ridiculous thing perhaps we have ever been told in Parliament. When the President is on land in Accra, does he take his bath every six and a half hours? Why is having a shower so important?” he asked.
Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, Dominic Nitiwul stated that President Akufo-Addo could not use the presidential jet on his recent business trips to France, Belgium and South Africa because it lacked some facilities despite its being airworthy
“Again, when he (Akufo-Addo) is traveling with more than 20 people for a business trip, as he has done and brought huge sums of money for this nation, he will need more than just a Falcon, otherwise, the others would have to go a day ahead before the President to prepare themselves,” he stated.
