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Ablakwa leads demonstration against Akufo-Addo’s use of private jet

This follows a series of social media campaigns highlighting the cost of the president's travels to the public

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu has announced plans to lead a demonstration against President Akufo-Addo if he continues to travel with a private jet at the expense of the taxpayer.

This follows a series of social media campaigns highlighting the cost of the president’s travels to the public. According to him, Akufo-Addo has spent GHC 28.5 million on private jets alone since May last year.

“In accordance with his new deceptive “meet-me-there-camouflage,” President Akufo-Addo dispatched his favourite obscenely extravagant LX-DIO executive jet back to Paris, France as he returned to Accra last night aboard a Boeing 777-236(ER) British Airways commercial flight with callsign BAW81 at 8:10pm,” Ablakwa posted on Facebook.

“Interesting how a European luxury jet rental company just made a cool half a million dollars (GHS3.5miilion) from a supposedly broke West African nation which only recently announced major expenditure cuts – turns out those cuts were merely cosmetic and not intended to be complied with by an obstinate oligarchic president.”

“We wish to serve notice that since next month —precisely, May 27, will be exactly a year when I first published revelations on what has become widely known as the “Sky Bath Scandal” — if between now and 27th May, 2022, President Akufo-Addo once again abandons Ghana’s Presidential Jet and charters an ultra-luxury US$18,000 an hour executive jet, we will and are absolutely ready to stage what shall be the biggest demonstration ever to hit his government. Notice is hereby served,” Ablakwa added.

Akufo-Addo spent GHC 28.5 million on private jets since May

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has spent GHC 28.5 million on private jets alone since May, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa  has alleged.

Last month, Ablakwa commended Akufo-Addo for flying a commercial flight to the Dubai Expo 2020.

“So, President Akufo-Addo left Accra for Washington on Thursday 31 March, 2022 at 11:52pm aboard a United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with call sign UAL997,” he posted on Facebook.

“President Akufo-Addo couldn’t wait to fly his favourite US$18,000 an hour LX-DIO from Washington where he departed at 10:13am and arrived at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina at 11:22am — a flight time of 01:09. It is important to acknowledge that there were more than a dozen available commercial flights with business class tickets not exceeding $700 in value.

“It is imperative to note that so far, the Ghanaian taxpayer must cough up an astronomical US$465,000 in luxury rental charges. At current exchange, that is a scary GHS3,505,515.49.

“This will mean that since May last year, the Ghanaian taxpayer has spent at least GHS28.5 million on President Akufo-Addo’s ostentatious travels,” Ablakwa said.

Fred Dzakpata

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