Let’s know if Mahama’s travels on a private jet was classified as a gift to the state and declared—Franklin Cudjoe

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has called on Felix Ofosu Kwakye to provide a better explanation of the cost of John Dramani Mahama’s recent travels in his brother’s private jet.

Franklin Cudjoe believes he needs to let the people of Ghana know if the cost of this visit was classified as a gift to the state and declared.

This comes after Felix Ofosu Kwakye explained that mahama travelling in a private jet did not cost the taxpayer a dime.

Franklin Cudjoe cited Ken Ofori Atta, who decided not to take a salary for his work as finance Minister as backing for his call for transparency in the travels of the president, saying, “A finance minister under the recently overwhelmingly retired NPP government told us he was not receiving salary, we believed him and look where it ended us- a debt iceberg, ‘pickpocketing’ miserly savings of innocent and defenceless citizens in the name of debt exchange and the coup de grâce, junk-rated economy”.

He believes that to let the people of Ghana be at peace knowing that there is nothing fishy, the government will have to explain to the Ghanaian people if the trips on the private jet have been declared as a gift to the state.

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I understand President John Dramani Mahama recently travelled to the Gambia and Senegal on his brother’s private jet. The Acting spokesman for the president, Hon. Felix Kwakye Ofosu, explained that the visit was at no cost the taxpayer, and l choose to believe it given the president’s brother is a generous man and has done some public good in the past with his own money.

However, can Hon.Kwakye Ofosu tell us if the cost of this visit was classified as a gift to the state and declared, given that the president’s brother is a private citizen? As you are well aware, not long ago, a finance minister under the recently overwhelmingly retired NPP government told us he was not receiving salary, we believed him and look where it ended us- a debt iceberg, ‘pickpocketing’ miserly savings of innocent and defenceless citizens in the name of debt exchange and the coup de grâce, junk-rated economy.

In other news the president’s ministerial nominees for critical sectors continue to be great. Tomorrow, we should be thrilled by their experience and maturity in their responses at the confirmation hearings or vetting when the nominees for Agriculture, Roads and Transport and Education appear before the appointments committee in Parliament.

Hopefully, the questions would be rigorous as part of what IMANI fellow, Mr Ato Coleman describes as “screening methodologies beyond political links.” Ato believes “we need a more robust performance management system that transparently shows that objectives & outputs& outcomes that our ministers & teams are delivering, what the KPIs are, and how we track progress.”. I agree.

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