The Ministry mentioned it was a “proactive” gesture that undergirds the tenets of Ghana’s international coverage.
Mr Okudzeto Ablakwa, who can also be the Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, had raised questions concerning the abandonment of the “pristine” Dassault Falcon 900-EXE by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the extra “costly” and “luxurious” Airbus ACJ320neo for his international travels.
Efforts by the opposition lawmaker to get the federal government to account for his travels are but to yield outcomes because the matter was mentioned to have nationwide safety implications for Ghana.
In an announcement on Thursday, September 30, the International Affairs Ministry confirmed using the Falcon by President Oppon Weah.
“It’s a frequent data that as a part of bilateral and multilateral diplomatic relations, varied pleasant states present help of various varieties to one another,” it famous.
“Thus, Ghanaian leaders have up to now been transported to completely different components of the world on presidential plane of different states.”
It cited how former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, supplied former President John Agyekum Kufuor a journey aboard Nigeria’s presidential jet.
The Ministry, due to this fact, confirmed that not solely President Oppon Weah but in addition Sierra Leone’s Julius Maada Bio and Guinea Bissau’s Umaru Sissoco Embalo have been airlifted from their respective nations to Accra for the emergency assembly on Guinea.
“This gesture went a good distance to make sure the particiaption of just about all heads of state within the sub-region, although discover for the emergency assembly was very brief.”
The Ministry famous that “in an period when Ghana’s management and citizenry are championing a renewal of Pan-Africanism throughout the continent and the diaspora, (with free commerce taking off below the AfCFTA), Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa’s insular posture comes as a shock to the Ministry”.
“Certainly, our remit for regional integration stays an important a part of Africa’s pressing quest for unity. Thus we discover any suggestion by the Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa that the federal government of Ghana’s international coverage initiatives, which foster African unity are irrelevant, moderately unusual.”
It burdened that Ghana was not going to invoice any of the heads of state to whom the Falcon was made out there.
“The Ministry due to this fact needs to guarantee the great individuals of Ghana that the Authorities of Ghana is just not on a quest to dissipate wantonly state sources, however is concentrated on pursuing a realistic international coverage which fosters regional integration and good neighbourliness in a local weather of peace and stability.”
By Emmanuel Kwame Amoh|3news.com|Ghana
