According to the Eastern regional Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Jerry Osei Poku, "Our President has made it a policy to ostensibly bribe our chiefs and take our Chieftaincy Institution for granted. These so-called endorsements by the Chiefs, especially those in the Eastern region are stage managed.”

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Addressing the press on Thursday, Jerry Osei Poku alleged that, "Why are we saying so, there are a number of Chiefs in this region that the President has appointed onto boards, there are some of the Chiefs that have received largesses from the President, some have received V8 vehicles that they cannot even fuel, some have taken Pick-Ups, Land Cruisers among others, so if a chief in this category makes a statement supporting the President or praising the President, first and foremost what clicks your mind is that it is out of inducement that, that chief is making such claims."

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He added that, "Have you ever heard that Nana Addo has given a Chief a bicycle or motorbike, no, Nana Addo has not given any Chief a car, Nana Addo has not given any Chief an appointment to induce him they come on their own evolution and make genuine commitments to him because they know, they have seen and have read about his vision, they know the level of his tolerance and great policies he has for the Country."

Not long ago, President John Mahama was accused of breaking the policy on gift giving, by accepting a gift from a Burkinabe contractor, as Vice President in 2012.

The contractor, Djibril Kanazoe, is on record as having confirmed giving out the car as gift to Mr. Mahama, for which the President called to thank him.

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Media reports have quoted Mr. Kanazoe as saying the gift was a purely friendly gesture and not a dubious token aimed at influencing the Mahama administration to reciprocate by giving him government contracts.