Benjamin Gyewu-Appiah, a National Communication Team Member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has made a shocking allegation against the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
According to Benjamin Gyewu-Appiah, Ablakwa has embezzled money meant for the evacuation of some Ghanaians from South Africa, spending it on Fantana.
Speaking on Onua FM, Benjamin Gyewu-Appiah alleged, saying, “What pains me is that he has given all the money he took to Fantana. Do you know his girl is Fantana? He has taken all the stolen money to Fantana”.
He further alleged that Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and his wife will go to jail.
“Ablakwa is a serious thief, and no matter what, he would go to jail. He and his wife will go to jail because his wife was the one who bought the tickets,” he alleged.
His comment comes on the back of claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) alleging that the Foreign Affairs Ministry under Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa inflated the charter flight for Ghanaian South African evacuees by $450,000.
According to the NPP, documents released by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa show that each of the three charter flights cost US$750,000, a total of US$2.25 million to airlift about 900 evacuees.
The NPP detailed that industry checks put the cost of chartering a comparable aircraft from Ethiopian Airlines or Air Tanzania at between US$180,000 and US$300,000 per flight.
The NPP argued that the cost of the three flights shouldn’t have been more than US$900,000.
Dennis Miracles Aboagye, the NPP National Communications Director, said the reported cost meant about US$2,500 was spent to fly a single passenger from South Africa to Ghana.
Speaking at a press conference, Dennis Miracles Aboagye stated, “The Hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs is telling us he paid $750,000 for one aeroplane. Just one”.
“Our checks from the industry place the maximum cost of chartering a flight from Ethiopian Airlines and Air Tanzania between $180,000 and $300,000”, Aboagye said.
He added, “Strangely, the Hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs is telling us he paid $750,000 for one airplane.
Publish the original Ethiopian Airlines invoices for all three flights,” Aboagye said. “If the figures are honest, the original invoices will settle this in a day.”
“If the figures are honest, the original invoices will settle this in a day. If they are not produced, Ghanaians will draw their own conclusions”, he stated.
Meanwhile, the opposition party is demanding the release of documents covering the evacuation exercise, particularly the original invoices for the flights, to enable public scrutiny of the expenditure.
“Publish the original Ethiopia Airlines invoices for all three flights so we can have some proper conversation with the airlines and ask them questions as to how and why it ripped off this country at such a crucial time,” Dennis Miracles Aboagye stated.
The NPP demand comes amid concerns over the management of funds allocated to the evacuation exercise.
NPP alleged that more than GH¢16 million remains unaccounted for.
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