General News of Thursday, 9 January 2020<\/p>\n
Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n 2020-01-09<\/p>\n The Minister of Information and Member of Parliament for the Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has justified President Nana Akufo \u2013 Addo\u2019s foreign trips stating that the travels bring in a lot of benefits which are necessary for the country\u2019s development.<\/p>\n Speaking to the issue of travel expenditure on Eyewitness News, the Minister stated that the money spent should not be in taken out of context since the value received will inure to the country\u2019s benefit.<\/p>\n \u201cThe President travels across the world and brings back a lot of dividends. I am surprised when anybody suggests that all that he has seen is the cost but does not want to look at the benefits. For example, when the President traveled to Germany with the Minister for Finance, Ghana had the opportunity to be put in the Compact which gives us a lot of money to roll out a number of interventions and support for General Budget Support. The President has traveled to jurisdictions like China. Take that Chinese trip for example, and if you are getting $2 billion worth of infrastructure from that single Chinese trip,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI am surprised when anybody says, I just want to look at the cost but I don\u2019t want to look at the benefits that come on the other side. You have got to look at all of these matters in context and the kind of benefits that the President brings on board when he travels abroad,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n President spent GHS 62,578,224 on foreign travel<\/p>\n The issue of the President\u2019s expenditure came up when parliament was going through the 2020 Budget allocation for approval for the office of government machinery.<\/p>\n![\"Kojo](\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/89834388.295.jpg\" "\\"Kojo")
play video<\/span>Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Minister of Information<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n