Ranking Member of Parliament’s Finance Committee, Cassiel Ato Forson, has raised questions about the expended GH¢ 63 million on foreign travels by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
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According to him, the amount expended was too much and asserted that President Akufo-Addo is Ghana’s first President to spend such an amount on travels within nine months.
“Travel expenses by the president and his Chief of Staff is GH¢ 63 million, so I ask, what travels did he make and which planes did he take? The expenditure is too much,” he said.
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Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Friday, the legislator complained of high expenditures incurred through the operations of the presidency.
“Yes, we acknowledge that there is a lot of work to be done by the presidency but they are spending too much, if the president is erring, he should be told so,” he noted.
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The Minority in Parliament has, therefore, called on the Chief of Staff to provide a detailed breakdown of how she has so far expended the GH₵3.4 billion approved by Parliament in 2019.