National Communications officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) , Sammy Gyamfi has accused President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of living an opulent lifestyle .
He said the President is raping the public purse particularly at a time he believes many Ghanaians are facing hardships.
His comment follows MP for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa who has accused Mr Akufo-Addo of blowing millions of the taxpayers money on foreign trips.
He alleged that Akufo-Addo spent an amount of GHS 2.8 million on his recent travels to only South Africa and France using the services of a private jet.
“The Airbus ACJ320neo owned by Acropolis Aviation based in Farnborough, UK and registered as G-KELT, is the most luxurious and the most expensive in the Acropolis fleet. The manufacturers describe it as the most outstanding ambassador for Airbus Corporate Jets.” It costs the Ghanaian taxpayer approximately £15,000 an hour when President Akufo-Addo rents it”, he alleged in a post on Facebook.
Let’s further analyze President Akufo-Addo’s latest trip to Europe: per Flightradar24, the G-KELT aircraft left Accra with the President to Paris on the 16th of May — a 6 and half hour duration. Airlifted the President from Paris to Johannesburg for 11 hours on the 23rd of May.”
“Then Johannesburg to Accra on the 25th of May was a five and half hour flight. This gives us accumulated flight travel of 23 hours; so at £15,000 an hour, it thus cost us a colossal £345,000. At the current exchange rate, that is a staggering GHS2,828,432.80”, he posted.
This, Sammy Gyamfi said in a tweet that “Ghanaians can no longer finance the opulent lifestyle of @NAkufoAddo who has chosen to live like a Russian oligarch in this difficult time of economic hardships, joblessness and hopelessness.
“Enough of the rape of the Public Purse.”
