Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has rubbished claims made by the NPP minority and Member of Parliament for Damongo, Samuel Abu Jinapor.
Samuel Abu Jinapor had claimed that the Mahama government is spending $1 billion to purchase a presidential jet.
However, Felix Kwakye Ofosu rubbished the claims, describing Abu Jinapor and the NPP’s allegation that $1 billion was spent on a presidential jet as false.
According to him, the total cost for four helicopters, two aircraft, and other armoured vehicles will be around $300 million.
Speaking on JoyNews on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, Felix Kwakye Ofosu explained, “They need tools to work with, and so the Armed Forces themselves are making these requisitions, and they say, among others, that immediately, they need four helicopters. Together, we call them Eurocopters because they are manufactured somewhere in Europe.
“When the minister goes to Parliament to lay the bill for the approval process, the details will emerge. They say they need four helicopters, two aircraft – a medium range one and a long range one, two or three large vessels to patrol our territorial waters, and they need armoured personnel carriers,” he explained.
Kwakye Ofosu also explained, “In fact, the NPP had entered into a deal with an Israeli company to procure 19 of them at a total cost of $18 million. They had paid $14 million, but the company is insisting that they cannot refund the $14 million if we don’t pay the outstanding (sic) and they will not supply the equipment until we have paid because that’s a contract that the NPP signed with them”.
“So, it makes sense to add the $14 million to it to acquire the 19 armoured personnel carriers and then the boots. I’ve been reviewing the documents, and when the minister comes to Parliament, it will become apparent. If you put the armoured personnel carriers, the $14 million that is outstanding together with the two aircraft, one medium and one long range, and the four helicopters, it should come roughly somewhere around $300 million.”
“So, the claim by Honourable Abu Jinapor and his colleagues in the NPP that we are spending $1 billion to buy presidential jets is patently false. He saw it in the budget and deliberately decided to misrepresent it,” Felix Kwakye Ofosu added.
Meanwhile, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, has fired shots at the John Mahama-led government over plans to purchase two jets.
According to Oppong Nkrumah, he was shocked that the Mahama government, which claims not to have fiscal space, now has space to buy two new executive jets.
He further questioned the government’s fiscal priorities, adding that the focus on new aircraft contradicts claims of fiscal discipline.
Oppong Nkrumah called on the NDC government to prioritise payments to contractors and other pressing domestic obligations.
Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday, November 19, Oppong Nkrumah expressed his shock, “You say you don’t have fiscal space, you are doing fiscal discipline. So I was shocked to hear you say that now you have space to buy a new executive jet, two actually.
“You don’t have fiscal space to finish paying the contractors on outstanding projects, but you have fiscal space to buy two executive jets,” he said.
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Claims by Abu Jinapor and the NPP that $1 billion was spent on a presidential jet are false. The total cost for four helicopters, two aircraft, and other armored vehicles will be around $300 million – Felix Ofosu-Kwakye.#PMExpress pic.twitter.com/XSbNUShw8O
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