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The Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa had denied reports that he chattered a private jet to Romania using taxpayer's money.

Ablakwa has met with Ghanaian students who escaped from Ukraine to Romania.

In a Facebook post, he said his visit was to "assess their (students) conditions and to better understand from their unique perspective how our nation can be more helpful to them as I engage them directly".

Speaking in an interview on Peace FM's Midday News, Okudzeto Ablakwa added that "I don’t want to be an armed chair ranking member and so I decided to get a first-hand information in how they’re faring and arrangements to bring them home".

The Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament further asked politicians not to politicize the issue saying "this is an international crisis and life matters; humanity first and so we must put aside partisanship and fulfill our constitutional obligation…with this humanitarian crisis we should all come together and help"

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Okudzeto Ablakwa has meanwhile, debunked claims that he used taxpayers' money to hire a private jet to Romania.

According to him, he used his "personal resources"

"I’ve heard people accusing me of chattering private jet but it’s not true. I used my own funds. I could have written to Parliament asking for support but there was no time; this is an emergency situation and so once I got the flight confirmation, I went using Turkish Airline. I used my personal resources and so far what I've seen is very revealing" he indicated.

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Meanwhile,  he has urged "the foreign ministry to increase embassy officials; one person is not adequate. The NUGS executive also needs to be supported because they have decided to stay behind until the last Ghanaian is evacuated. Their welfare fund is currently empty…even though I gave them my personal contribution, they still need support"

Listen to him in the video below