A Senior lecturer with the University of Ghana Business School, Dr. Lord Mensah says the country doesn’t need to purchase a new presidential jet which is contrary to the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul’s request for the country to purchase a new presidential jet.
The Defence Minister on Wednesday requested that the country purchase a new presidential jet because it cannot be used for long distance travel due to refueling, it doesn’t have a large capacity for carrying passengers and the president also can’t shower.
Speaking in an interview on Starr Morning on Thursday, Dr. Mensah said the timing is not right for the country to purchase a new presidential jet.
“If you ask me, this is not the right time to buy a presidential jet especially when people are crying for the country to be fixed…if you take the Presidential travels that we’ve done over the years it comes at a cost because of how we’ve decorated our presidents. We are not getting value for money on the presidential travels especially when you look at the number of people the president travels with,” he stated.