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The Minority in Parliament headed by Haruna Iddirsu has said that it will not support the President's plans for a new presidential aircraft. According to the leader of Minority in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, Nana Addo and his cohort's plans to buy a new Presidential jet is a total waste of time and natural resources. ''What is this that we hear that because the President cannot bath in the current Falcon, he must buy a new jet, and then we should be interested in providing for the comfort of the President when…

The conversation regarding, President Nana Addo using luxurious and lavish aircraft for his international trips became topical in Ghana when he traveled to France. The issue about the cost involved in hiring a private jet for the President became a public concern when member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed the amount of money spent on the aircraft per hour. Again he has disclosed that the President recently went to the UK and Germany where the cost of the flight was £14,000 per hour and GHS3.4million…

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul has said that Ghana has spent over $50million in the last 10 years on renting aircraft alone. Speaking on Good Evening Ghana on Thursday June 17 he said “We are spending more money to charter aircraft that we would have if we had our own aircraft. Over the last 10 years we have spent over 50million dollars to charter aircraft and the Ghana Air force is saying why are you wasting all these money. “If you have 50million United States dollars to charter aircraft to cater for…