I am constrained to correct yet another distortion about the whereabouts of vehicles belonging to the Presidency.
On Wednesday, Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Flagstaff House, in a widely circulated interview, claimed that 200 vehicles in the pool at the presidency were missing.
He also claimed that the supposed disappearance of these vehicles has created an acute shortage compelling President Akufo Addo to resort to the use of 2007 model BMW vehicles and in some instances his own cross-country vehicle for official duties.
The claims of Eugene Arhin are false, baseless without merit. They represent a continuation of the distortions and bad faith that have characterised the conduct of the NPP side of the Transition team.
As part of the transition process, both the Assets and Logistics Committee on the NPP side were given a detailed list of all vehicles in the pool at the Presidency.
More importantly, a total of 641 vehicles were listed and properly accounted for. This was duly captured in the handing over notes. The breakdown of the vehicles are indicated in the table below;
It is befuddling that several weeks after the NPP administration begun this campaign of disinformation and harassment of members of the immediate past government, it has as yet failed to put out an iota of evidence to back these claims.
If the NPP government was sincere about these claims,it would have published a full list of all allegedly missing vehicles and provide specific information on each of them.
I also found astonishing, the claim by Eugene Arhin that President Akufo Addo cannot find decent vehicles to use and has had to rely on 2007 model BMWs for his movements since becoming President.
It must be placed on record that the use of the BMWs and his personal vehicle, if it is true, is not due to the non-availability of presidential vehicles. It is clearly a choice that he made on his own accord.
Among the vehicles handed over to the NPP team were two bulletproof salon cars and two bulletproof cross country vehicles specifically dedicated to the use of the President. Both sets of bulletproof vehicles are relatively new and in good condition for the transportation of the President.
Added to this is a fleet of almost new Mercedes Benz vehicles. Surely if President Akufo Addo can use 10 year old vehicles, he should be able to use vehicles that are relatively new and in good condition.
The attempt therefore by Eugene Arhin to create the impression of scarcity and use same as a pretext to justify the unwarranted falsehood about missing vehicles belonging to the Presidency is disingenuous and unbecoming of a public official whose actions must be guided by integrity and candour.
It is obvious from the foregoing that Eugene Arhin’s intervention is part of a grand scheme by the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to demonise members of the previous administration for cheap partisan propaganda purposes.
In the interest of transparency and candour, a detailed inventory of all vehicles accounted for during the transition process has been attached to this statement.
The onus now lies squarely on the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to provide very specific details of the supposedly missing vehicles out of the list provided below.
JOHNNY OSEI KOFI
FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
Thursday, 9th February, 2017
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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There are many b.l.u.n.ders in this statement made by NDC former Dep.Chief of Staff: 1).The total sum of the list of vehicles above is incorrect. The correct summation is 619 NOT 641 as stated. So,the question now is where lies 22 vehicles? 2). No, car brand called Toyota Hyundai i10(@ no.9) and repetition of HYUNDAI(@ no. 24) has no identification brand name. 3). @ no. 21, FORD/PASSAT are different brand names. So, how do you give specifics to the exact numbers of vehicles listed. 4). The list should've include the chasis numbers, VIN numbers,department/offices these vehicles are located so it can be traceable. Now, I can understand what Bawumia do say about NDC syn.co.phants that: They don't read and if they do, they don't understand! I say categorically that: the W.o.r.s.t of Akuffo-Addo government is the Best of Mahama Government.
NPP AND THEIR CHEAP PROPAGANDA. HOW CAN ALMOST 600 CARS GET MISSING FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. WERE THERE NOT SECURITY PERSONNEL? WHAT A SHAME
There are many b.l.u.n.ders in this statement made by NDC former Dep.Chief of Staff: 1).The total sum of the list of vehicles above is incorrect. The correct summation is 619 NOT 641 as stated. So,the question now is where lies 22 vehicles? 2). No, car brand called Toyota Hyundai i10(@ no.9) and repetition of HYUNDAI(@ no. 24) has no identification brand name. 3). @ no. 21, FORD/PASSAT are different brand names. So, I do you give specifics to the exact numbers of vehicles listed. 4). The list should've include the chasis numbers, VIN numbers,department/offices these vehicles are located so it can be traceable. Now, I can understand what Bawumia do say about NDC syn.co.phants that: They don't read and if they do, they understand! I say categorically that: the W.o.r.s.t of Akuffo-Addo government is the Best of Mahama Government.
***barred word*** of state properties can only be the legacy of small minds.Great minds do mind ideas,the future,reputation, and they price self-respect/personal dignity far above mere material things. By contrast, small minds do mind material things, and they'll sell even their mothers to acquire something created by a great mind, ironically; they are that base and depraved. That's one clear difference between the average black man and the average Caucasian. For example, when a Caucasian anthropologist visits Ghana, the surest strategy he could adopt to glean information will be to throw out fanciful gadgets (like cameras, iPhones, tablets, laptops) at the locals, who in their overecitement get so carried away that they divulge even the most sensitive information without gulping. You may call this as "being a beast". A typical Caucasian, however, will choose to lower his guard only in exchange for such ideals as love, honour and vital information. You may call this as "being human". The average Ghanaian is a small mind, and has a disease known as "materialistic infatuation". Most Ghanaian politicians conform to this categorization. They won't mind selling their "birthright" for the pittance of "lentil stew" in order to quench their raging appetite for the very material things that great minds toiled to create but find no particular interest in. We need a leader who is a thinker or philosopher in his own right to lead a national campaign against this evil principle of "materialistic infatuation" that has stained our national consciousness. Children should be thought to appreciate and extoll such virtues as courage, love, compassion, honesty, integrity, truthfulness, fairness, justice, good reputation, self-dignit etc (even in the face of affliction) and to eschew such vices as greed, chicanery, cowardice, dishonesty, divisiveness, etc, (even when these are expedient). Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's statement that "we prefer self-government in danger to servitude in tranquility" was a statement about a choice of national dignity over political expediency. This statement can be scaled down to the individual level.
Between the time they counted the cars and when he wrote this letter 22 of the cars have vanished. He said they accounted for 641 but if you sum all the vehicles he listed in the table, it adds up to 619. My question is where are the 22 vehicles? propaganda at its best!
What does this guy take us for? He thinks he can just wake up and put up any list to confuse his ndc silly folks. Even by his own concorded list, everything is wrong. Just check the total, the type of cars, and information he has put up. Osei, we are not f00000ls. If you have any of the cars, please send it to the task force. The exact figure of the cars is 652. Time will tell.
this is not true was 200 car go missing the security are they sleep.
I can never believe my ears and eyes the way NPP is behaving. You mean you were part of the transition and you did not substantiate the above list. Wow, I cant believe it. It is like going to the bank to take money from a cashier and refusing to count before the cashier to check whether you have got the right amount. And people are holding brief for them. Oh NPP. Anyway enough of vehicles, bigger responsibilities are awaiting you as chiefs are being de-stooled and enstooled in the name of politics. Now it is not toilets, it is chieftaincy. The Gas have had theirs now it is Bimbilla, just make sure you minimize the lives that are being lost. We had peace before power was handed over to you. The ball is now in your court.
The missing is coming from physical check of all these vehicles. The list is there but the reality is fishy.
bogus list. give us their registration numbers, chasis numbers n then we can begin to crosscheck. tolobifi