I am constrained to correct yet another distortion about the whereabouts of vehicles belonging to the Presidency.
On Wednesday, Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Flagstaff House, in a widely circulated interview, claimed that 200 vehicles in the pool at the presidency were missing.
He also claimed that the supposed disappearance of these vehicles has created an acute shortage compelling President Akufo Addo to resort to the use of 2007 model BMW vehicles and in some instances his own cross-country vehicle for official duties.
The claims of Eugene Arhin are false, baseless without merit. They represent a continuation of the distortions and bad faith that have characterised the conduct of the NPP side of the Transition team.
As part of the transition process, both the Assets and Logistics Committee on the NPP side were given a detailed list of all vehicles in the pool at the Presidency.
More importantly, a total of 641 vehicles were listed and properly accounted for. This was duly captured in the handing over notes. The breakdown of the vehicles are indicated in the table below;
It is befuddling that several weeks after the NPP administration begun this campaign of disinformation and harassment of members of the immediate past government, it has as yet failed to put out an iota of evidence to back these claims.
If the NPP government was sincere about these claims,it would have published a full list of all allegedly missing vehicles and provide specific information on each of them.
I also found astonishing, the claim by Eugene Arhin that President Akufo Addo cannot find decent vehicles to use and has had to rely on 2007 model BMWs for his movements since becoming President.
It must be placed on record that the use of the BMWs and his personal vehicle, if it is true, is not due to the non-availability of presidential vehicles. It is clearly a choice that he made on his own accord.
Among the vehicles handed over to the NPP team were two bulletproof salon cars and two bulletproof cross country vehicles specifically dedicated to the use of the President. Both sets of bulletproof vehicles are relatively new and in good condition for the transportation of the President.
Added to this is a fleet of almost new Mercedes Benz vehicles. Surely if President Akufo Addo can use 10 year old vehicles, he should be able to use vehicles that are relatively new and in good condition.
The attempt therefore by Eugene Arhin to create the impression of scarcity and use same as a pretext to justify the unwarranted falsehood about missing vehicles belonging to the Presidency is disingenuous and unbecoming of a public official whose actions must be guided by integrity and candour.
It is obvious from the foregoing that Eugene Arhin’s intervention is part of a grand scheme by the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to demonise members of the previous administration for cheap partisan propaganda purposes.
In the interest of transparency and candour, a detailed inventory of all vehicles accounted for during the transition process has been attached to this statement.
The onus now lies squarely on the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to provide very specific details of the supposedly missing vehicles out of the list provided below.
JOHNNY OSEI KOFI
FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
Thursday, 9th February, 2017
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Which car model is called Toyota Hyundai i10 Stealers party, u think u can convince us with this concocted list. You have worsened your case koraa.Noooonsense.
Where is the Ford Expedition car?
The list just provided here totals 619, not 641 so where is the difference NDC? Please come again with a new list of vehicles listed and accounted for.
The dummies in NPP should read the statement well. All the vehicles were accounted for. I don't know if they understand accounted for. funny party
This is NDC and their understanding of issues. The cars got MISSING during transition period. Just providing this paper does not solve the problem. SHAME NDC!
Wow Bawumia was absolutely right about these NDC people - They do not read and when they read they do not understand and they think propaganda solves all problems. What the present government is saying is that after been sworn in and actually taking over and carrying out a physical check it was discovered that these cars are missing. As one commentator said it is incumbent on the previous government to also provide vehicle registration numbers and chassis numbers to back up their claims and make it credible. Just providing figures on paper without physical evidence is not enough.
Very Good former Deputy Chief of Staff. the NPP is doing propaganda and diabolical acts that only their illiterate supporters agree with. Discerning Ghanaians know they are lying. Where is Rev Martey, Prof Adei, the clergy and so on. In Ghana we don't have proper media, that's why things like this go on. I know NPP would lose power one day in my lifetime then we shall see. Are cars like match-boxes for people to put in their pockets and walk about? What all this kurasesem for.
Mere documenting of those vehicles is not enough, you should follow it up with auditing to prove if what you are alleging is indeed the case. You can list all the vehicles, but you have failed to show us where they are packed.
Yes, you have listed them. Are they physically there? The inventory is incomplete. That is the issue here. This is the same attitude you took until the contractor for the so called VP house wrote to the chief of staff and then all the facts and details came out. You have been quiet since then. The Presidency will respond soon. Tweaaaaaa
A car is either a Ford model or a Passat model. So which one is the hybird FORD/PASSAT?