A former Deputy Minister for Communication, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, is embarrassing the country in the sight of the international community by the way it is handling the issue of state vehicles handed over to it by the erstwhile National Democratic Congress government.
According to him, the NPP has not been truthful in dealing with the supposed missing state vehicles saga.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Friday, [February 10, 2017], Mr Kwakye Ofosu said, the NPP’s desire to rush to the media to make announcements without conducting the needed audit to reconcile documents of the cars, is improper.
“Let us not underestimate the kind of damage that this sort of behaviors does to our country because this news is on the BBC. There are those who may think that they are deriving some political mileage from this, but eventually, it embarrasses Ghana as a whole. It creates the impression that we are not a serious country and we simply cannot get this record-keeping right. And I don’t think it is proper. We don’t have to do this to ourselves,” he said.
The Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, revealed to the media on Wednesday [February 8], that there are so far 208 cars unaccounted for from the Flagstaff House’s vehicle pool, based on the assessment of some car models in the inventory.
His claims suggested that some officials of the immediate past government were in possession of the vehicles, but according to Mr Kwakye Ofosu, the NPP government must consult the relevant authorities at the various ministries, departments, and agencies to get information about the other vehicles it claims are missing.
“The fact that a vehicle belongs to the office of the president does not mean you will find it necessarily at the Flagstaff House; because these vehicles even though they belong to the presidency, are given out for the use of various government officials and agencies.”
“There is appropriate documentation covering all the cars. If any vehicle is taken out, it is well documented; and they have one of the best recording keeping system at the Presidency as far as logistics and vehicles are concerned; so it is very easy to reconcile. What you need to do is to speak to relevant officials who have possession of these documents and information to be able to help you with a broad picture as far as logistics and vehicles of the presidency are concerned.”
Mahama’s Ford gift part of vehicle pool
He added that, the $100,000 Ford vehicle gifted to former President John Mahama by a Burkinabe contractor, Djibril Kanazoe, had been added to the state’s vehicle pool bequeathed to the new government.
“That vehicle is still in the possession of the Presidency. About 370 vehicles were handed over physically to the Ayikoi Otoo-led committee and that vehicle is part of it [vehicle pool],” he said on Eyewitness News.
Source: Citi fm
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WHEN WILL THIS FULL CEASE TO AMAZE GHANAIANS?
NDC ARE TRADITIONAL CAR ***barred word*** AND THEY BEING EMBARASSED NOT GHANA AS A NATION!!!!!!
People, don't waste your precious time and energy on this moron. He's just a waste of space in books. Crawl back into the hole never to appear again. I hope u rot in hell
Go and stay in your rat hole and ***barred word***. Akodaaa ketekete ad3n na wano 3y3 saa
This guy just wants to be heard.
This Ofosu boy is the master of the babies with sharp teeth....He does not speek the truth in any situation. He is having one of the cars. It must be taken away from him and his token paid for it refunded to him. These NDC guys are all thifs.... They will remain in opposition till Christ come.
OFOSU-KYAKYE, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIES??? YOU DONT KNOW WHAT IS SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT!!! YOU HAVE LIED ALL THE TIME INM YOUR VERY SHORT AND DISASTROUS POLITICAL LIFE; SO YOU THINK EVERYBODY IS LIKE YOU!!! SHUT BF-CKING TRAP AND SINK INTO YOUR IGNOMINOUS AND DISCREPIT RAT-HOLE!!!!! ABOWA, QUASHIA, EWI, ODWAN!!!!!
OFOSU KWAKYE JUST JUDGE IT YOURSELF, H E NANA ADDO AND HIS COMMNUNICATION DIRECTOR ARHIN ON;Y SAID IN ONE STATEMENT OVER 200 CARS ARE MISSING FROM THE PRESIDENCY, AND YOU ,SAM PEE YALLEY, ADE COKER,APPAK,THE WHOLE OF NDC MACHINERY INCLUDING EX-PRESIDENT MAHAMA ARE ALL ISSUING STATEMENT SO FROM THIS ANGLE WHO RATHER DISGRACING COUNTRY GHANA. IF INDEED YOUR GOVERNMENT WAS SENS IBLE ENOUGH ALL THIS ATTACKS AND COUNTER ATTACK COULD HAVE COME FROM ONE SOURCE AND WOULDN'T THAT HAVE ALLOWED SLEEPING DOGS LYE? IT IS ***barred word*** WHO WILL ALWAYS AGITATE,***barred word***, AND FOREVER COUNTER ALLEGATIONS. NDC HAS NEVER BEEN A SMART PARTY
My worry is over Kwame Sefa Kayi's behaviour towards this car issue. The last time I heard him saying that Abroyen should be arrested. He also stated he wishes the task force come to his house to take his car. My question to him is does he has some of the cars in his possession. What roobbishhhh. Thieeeeee.f and nation wreeeeecker. Two face man, chopping from both Ndc And npp. Nana Addo should be very careful with this greeeedy guy.
Both parties full of liars. Grown men lying to Ghanaians & the journalists are worse liars because they do not really understand journalism. Sad!