Dominic Ntiwul, Minister of Defence, has justified the need for the country to purchase a presidential jet to be used solely by presidents of the country.
Somewhere in September 2021, the Communications Director at the office of the president, Eugene Arhin, in a media announced that the government had triggered processes to purchase a bigger presidential jet for the country.
His announcement came after North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa had continuously been on the heels of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his style of hiring luxurious private jets for his foreign travels.
Meanwhile, responding to the North Tongu Member of Parliament concerns on the floor of Parliament, Dominic Ntiwul indicated that the country cannot continuously rely on military aircraft in ferrying government officials in the absence of a presidential jet.
“Mr. Speaker, I want to confirm from all of us that the indication I get from all the consultation is that it is paramount especially because we do not have Ghana Airways. It is paramount to have an aircraft that can do government business. Mr. Speaker, the logbook of Castle 295 which is a pure military aircraft is so full that it is not safe to continue to rely on the military to be using a pure military aircraft to be ferrying government officials. And government officials include members of parliament,” he posited.
Dominic Ntiwul also disregard the assertions by the North Tongu MP that the country had a presidential jet.
According to him, the country does not have a presidential jet but rather has an executive jet that could be used by all government officials.
“When you say presidential jet, Mr. Speaker, I have said it and I will continue to say that there is nothing called presidential jet. There are only two countries in the world that have presidential jet… one is the United States of America…only the president uses that jet,” he said.
“Ghana doesn’t have a presidential jet. What we have is an executive jet that’s why when you [Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa] were reading, the current president [Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo] at the time use the term executive jet. Executive jet does not mean it is for the sole use of the president. In America, nobody can use Air Force 1 apart from the president and the vice. Even with the vice doesn’t use it, it is the president who uses Airforce 1. So we have an executive jet and I’m saying to you that executive jet is used to do government business,” Dominic Ntiwul stressed.
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