According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker, the President’s foreign travels continue to cost the taxpayer a lot of money.
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Belgium, Rwanda trips didn't cost €480,000.00 - Jubilee House
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.
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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”.
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He opined that claims by the former deputy minister of education are 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.”
Read the full statement below:
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Ablakwa peddled lies about Akufo-Addo’s Belgium, Rwanda trip.
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