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Government to Ablakwa: Oppong Weah using Ghana’s presidential jet normal

The Foreign Ministry says Ablakwa’s “insular posture comes as a surprise” because Ghanaian leaders have also benefited from such gestures in the past

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it is common practice around the world for a president to allow other heads of state to use his or her presidential jet occasionally “as part of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic relations”.

In a statement dated 30 September 2021, the ministry said it has noted with concern reservations raised by the National Democratic Congress MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, over the use of Ghana’s presidential jet by the Liberian leader, George Weah, to the recent ECOWAS summit in Accra.

It said that given Ghanaian leaders have in previous times also benefited from such gestures, Ablakwa’s “insular posture comes as a surprise”.

Negative comments

“In the light of the strenuous and concerted efforts by ECOWAS leaders to broker peace in the region, the ministry finds it rather unfortunate that Hon Okudzeto Ablakwa would seek to deliberately muddy the waters with these negative comments,” the statement said.

“In the latest of such utterances, Hon Okudzeto Ablakwa sought to suggest that transporting the president of Liberia, His Excellency George Weah, aboard Ghana’s presidential jet to participate in the emergency ECOWAS Summit during the recent political crisis in Guinea, constituted an impropriety. Nothing could be further from the truth.

“It must be emphasised that the practice of sharing travel resources among West African heads of state and high-ranking officials is not a recent phenomenon. Indeed, in the past, some heads of state have, in their capacity as chair of ECOWAS, extended this courtesy,” the statement said.

Below is the full statement:

Presidential jet press release by KM on Scribd

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