{"id":461828,"date":"2018-02-06T09:51:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T09:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/government-saves-3m-from-mahama-bulletproof-cars-deal\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T09:51:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T09:51:25","slug":"government-saves-3m-from-mahama-bulletproof-cars-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/government-saves-3m-from-mahama-bulletproof-cars-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Government saves $3m from \u2018Mahama\u2019 bulletproof cars deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/37536385.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama Luxury Cars\" title=\"Mahama Luxury Cars\" width=\"295\" height=\"216\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Government over the weekend took delivery of thirty four [34] cars for the presidency<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517910685_39_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Akufo-Addo\u2019s government has re-negotiated and saved over $3 million from the $9m luxury cars that were procured by the Mahama administration, sources close to the government have revealed to Starrfmonline.com.<\/p>\n<p>A source also disclosed that, the original number of 43 vehicles which were ordered was reduced to 34 after several negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>The Mahama administration ordered the supply of 43 specialized vehicles worth more than $9m barely eight days to the handing over of power in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could not abrogate the deal, but the company saw the need for re-negotiation and we were able to make such a huge profit for the country,\u201d the source explained.<\/p>\n<p>The cars are capable of firing rounds of ammunition and are designed to withstand the effects of a hand grenade.<\/p>\n<p>The Akufo-Addo government halted the procurement over the cost implications and suggested they were not adequately informed by the government during the transition period.<\/p>\n<p>The 34 vehicles arrived over the weekend, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government over the weekend took delivery of thirty four [34] cars for the presidency President Akufo-Addo\u2019s government has re-negotiated and saved over $3 million from the $9m luxury cars that were procured by the Mahama administration, sources close to the government have revealed to Starrfmonline.com. A source also disclosed that, the original number of 43 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":461829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461828\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}