Former Chief of Staff Julius Debrah has denied claims that the Mahama administration bought cars at expensive prices and later sold them back to the suppliers at low cost.
He said the claims which are being spread by one Thomas Kusi Boafo are false and must be disregarded.
In a statement, Mr. Debrah said “Kusi Boafo among others claimed in the video, that it was the practice under the immediate past regime to buy expensive vehicles and have the suppliers buy them back at ridiculously low prices. In one instance he claimed that a vehicle bought for US$ 165,000 was sold to the supplier at US$ 2,500 after six months”.
The issue of the number of vehicles bequeathed to the Akufo-Addo government by the Mahama administration has become contentious.
Below are details of the statement by Mr. Debrah
My attention has been drawn to a number of claims by one Thomas Kusi Boafo in a video purported to be from a submission he made on radio regarding the number of vehicles bequeathed to the Akufo-Addo government.
Kusi Boafo among others claimed in the video, that it was the practice under the immediate past regime to buy expensive vehicles and have the suppliers buy them back at ridiculously low prices. In one instance he claimed that a vehicle bought for US$ 165,000 was sold to the supplier at US$ 2,500 after six months.
He also spoke about vehicles sold prior to the exit of the previous government.
For the avoidance of doubt, I wish to state as follows:
1) Under no circumstance and at no time during my tenure as Chief of Staff or the previous government was any such vehicle either bought or sold at the price quoted by Kusi Boafo. His claims in that regard are therefore totally false and malicious.
2) On the matter of vehicles bought by ex-government officials, Mr Kusi Boafo and his principals are aware of a long-standing policy under which salon cars aged two years and above are permitted to be bought by departing government officials. This policy has been in existence since the advent of the fourth republic and persons benefitting from it are made to pay a commensurate value objectively determined by professional valuers.
It is surprising, and perhaps underscores the malicious intent of Mr Kusi Boafo, that he failed to disclose vehicles bought by members of the Kufour administration on the eve of their exit from office under the same policy and processes in 2008/2009.Many of the beneficiaries of that policy happen to be high-profile members of the Akufo-Addo government.
These latest false claims follow similar claims by the Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, which are all false.
They also appear to be a rehash of untruthful claims made by Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, to the effect that over 200 vehicles could not be found at the Presidency.
We wish to assure however, that we stand prepared to correct such misimpressions and expose the mischief therein.
Julius Debrah
Former Chief of Staff
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Mahama Govt Did Not Resell Vehicles To Suppliers – Julius Debrah. But sold vehicles to their appointees? This obolo Debrah guy is hiding something. Amidu is coming for you like kakai. Get ready for Nsawam.
MR DEBRAH MY QUESTION IS,IF YOU DID NOT RESELL THE CARS TO THE SUPPLIERS,WHO DID YOU SELL THE CARS TO?
Julius Debrah: I have a few issues with your 'clever' response: 1. granted you did not sell any cars to the suppliers at 'that price', but did you sell any cars back to the suppliers or not? 2. Are you aware that the 'long-standing policy under which salon cars aged two years and above are permitted to be bought by departing government officials' was abolished by former President Mills? Finally, you guys should learn to use decorous, respectful and diplomatic language even when you feel insulted or offended by the other party. Two wrongs don't make right. Remember that you're also speaking to Ghanaians at large and not just to your accusers.
dont worry Mr. Martin Amidu will look into it.
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Somebody ask Julius Debrah if those documents Dr Kusi Boafo showed to those media men are true or false? Are those documents falsified? That was the answer he should have showed and then bring out the true documents covering everything. In any case, I know the SP will get to that and we will all know the truth of it. I now know why Julius Debrah was running all out from region to region and sing chiefs and opinion leaders to plead for them to convince their subjects to vote and retain the ndc so they could do more damage to Ghana thank God he gave the Ghaian people the courage to vote ndc out . If these people hadn't been booted out Ghana would have been like Somalia. Akronfuo nkoaaaa!The ndc founder is right to prescribe latter day saints to those who joined ndc just for economic association.
Julius Debrah fiafitor, julor, corrupt man..... Prepare for Nsawam prison. You greedy NDC guys messed our country up badly.
Period.
My friend.....just stop talking, go to the flagstaff house, point out the cars to them if indeed they are available and end this brouhaha once and for all. If the cars are not readily available, tell Ghanaians where they are
Massa; I have always wondered why this ewe /ayigbe man Julius Debrah is denying the facts put forward by Kusi Boafo because this an intelligent man and a CEO who has first hand information about the fraud and corruption at the Flag staff house ; so the question why does this obese ewe /ayigbe man Derbrah think Prof Boafo is providing misinformation to Ghanaians ;the NDC party was a a syndicate party set up by JJ Rawlings with some ewe ***barred word*** minded people in support to still from Ghanaian ; the idea of the ndc is to set up alternative Ghana by NDC members to build big houses still and buy properties in Dubai and look after their families ; the NDC has no intention of good governance in Ghana ; julius Debrah will end up in jail soon .