State Transport Corporation (STC) CEO, Nana Akomea, has addressed the hypocrisy of Ghanaians, particularly with regard to the car loan for Members of Parliament.
The Finance Ministry presented a $28 million loan agreement before Parliament for the Members of the House to purchase vehicles.
All two hundred and seventy-five (275) Members of Parliament (MPs) are entitled to this loan and there is another for a $3.5 million car loan for members of the 8th Council of State for them to also purchase vehicles.
This offer has however been vehemently condemned by the general public.
Touching on the issue on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo', Nana Akomea wondered why the citizenry would condemn the MPs for seeking a car loan.
He noted that the car loan is justifiable claiming, as the name suggests, it's a loan that the MPs are being offered to buy their cars.
To him, Ghanaians are the same people who will criticize them should they be spotted in an Uber or a car not worthy of an MP.
Nana Akomea told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the MPs deserve the loan saying, "people expect pomp and pageantry. Ghanaians expect it and yet, when it happens, the same Ghanaians kick against it. Coming here (into the studio), if I had sat in an Uber, someone would have come to tell that Honourable came in an Uber. They expect you to ride a big four-wheel drive".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Funnily the only time Ghanaian MPs from both sides of the political divide agree on anything is when it’s about sponging on the Ghanaian society. Why can’t MPs secure private loans like the rest of us to purchase their own cars? Will they be paying the going rate of interest on the loans? It’s the height of absurd pomposity when they claim that it’s untoward of MPs to use Uber or other means of transportation. And when they go to Parliament many of them are glued to their mobile phones. More depressingly some of then engage in conversation with their colleagues whilst a Member is on their feet. And with the endless allowances, privileges etc they get little wonder there is always an endless queue of people wanting to be MPs. If I had my way I wouldn’t even offer them loans to purchase motorcycles.