The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government is planning to buy four new X-class Mercedes Benz for his official use across the country.
This is an allegation made by the Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, Samuel George on Citi FM’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue on Saturday.
“We’ve heard that an order has been placed for four Mercedes Benz X-classes for our president,” he noted.
The New Patriotic Party government has in the last few days accused the erstwhile John Mahama government of hording over 200 vehicles meant for the presidency before exiting office, a claim the National Democratic Congress had denied.
According to Sam George, although he has no qualms if the President buys new vehicles his only worry is that it is part of a ploy by the NPP to “denigrate the legacy of former President Mahama and create a lacuna that will enable them import supersonic luxury vehicles for President Akufo-Addo.” “Personally, I have no problem if our President drives in an X-500.
President Mahama chose to drive in an Avalons while his vice was driving in Mercedes Benz. So if our president wants to drive an X-500 he should go ahead and buy it, but he shouldn’t come and paint a picture that we have stolen cars…Is it just what the conspiracy theorists are saying?”
Claims of car importation not true Meanwhile an NPP Member of Parliament for the Effiduase Asokore, Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie who was also on The Big Issue rejected Sam George’s claim describing it as untrue. Nana Addo forced to use 10-yr old BMW
Source: Citifmonline.com
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"We have heard that an order has been. ..". This is hearsay. Yet you make this news. Do some of these so-called newsmen and women undergo any training in journalism?
Well said Joey, well said. Bravo... spoken perfectly.
Sometimes I blame our lame -duck press for a lot of the n0ns3nse we read .Here we are living in a country whose president could 'dash' 2 cars and a house to an illiterate political ***barred word*** with no sense, no intelligence and if the current president wants to buy cars would he need the approval of a rat like Sam Geo before he does so? We are sick and tired of these incessant debates on radio and TV over everything including the weather. Does the Ghanaian press not realise that there is important work to be done?
SAM GEORGE, NANA ADDO OUR PRESIDENT CAN BUY HELICUPTER ONCE WE KNOW HE'S GOING USE AS AN OFFICIAL VEHICLE. YOUR NDC AND MAHAMA BOUGHT AS MANY AS 200 V-8 LAND CRUISER TOYOTA, DID YOU CRITCISED HIM? WHY THIS MEDIOCRITIE AND WATON HATRED FOR NANA ADDO AND NPP, INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE OF MISSING CARS YOU RATHER WANT TO SHFT THE GOAL-POST TO BUYING OF NEW CARS, WOULD YOU HAVE USED THE OLD CAR AS WAS USED BY YOUR PREDESSOR IF YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT? WHICH ANOTHER IMPOSSIBILITY. NOW WHO IS DOING POLITIC, IS IT NANA ADDO OR NDC, INDDED THAT'S WHY YOUR MAHAMA SAID GHANAIAN FORGET SO EASILY I NEVER KNEW HE WAS REFERRING PEOPLE LIKE SAM GEORGE AND HIS OWN NDC, GO BACK TO 2009 WHAT YOU GUYS DID AND THINGS YOU SAID
Granted Nana Addo wants to buy new cars for his official use, will he need the permission of Sam George? What kind of country is this? Didn't President Mahama import as many cars as he wished for the Presidency, chiefs, pastors, party boys, Kwesi Pratt, Ben Ephson and even Akua Donkor? We should stop this petty politics.