The National Communication Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi has re-echoed his displeasure with the cost of President Akufo-Addo’s travels outside the country.
In his opinion, the expenditure incurred as a result of the President’s travels, comes at a great cost to the ordinary Ghanian tax payer.
Speaking in an interview with Raymond Acquah on UpFront on Wednesday, he bemoaned the huge sums involved in the President’s travels, and called on him to stop. This he said, will give more credence to government’s measures to cut down on its expenditure.
“What has created this problem is their reckless spending and unbridled borrowing. And what you expect them to do is to cut down on the expenditure. In truth, what are we seeing? Even after they announced the cosmetic expenditure cuts, haven’t we seen our President flying in his usual baby, the Boeing 737 LS Duo, that cost this country almost $20,000 per hour?
From Washington DC to North Carolina and from North Carolina to London, do you know how much that trip alone is costing the poor tax payers of this country? 3.5 million Ghana Cedis. That is some 35 billion Old Ghana Cedis”, he lamented.
Sammy Gyamfi added that, “In the last one year, from May last year till now, this President has blown over 28 million Ghana Cedis; that is 280 billion old Cedis on just his luxurious travels in these ultra-hyper expensive private jets that even Arabian kings and Russian oligarchs will be jealous of”.
GhanaFeed.com