{"id":1139310,"date":"2022-07-01T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/01\/prez-private-jet-saga-i-will-resign-if\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:45:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:45:53","slug":"prez-private-jet-saga-i-will-resign-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/01\/prez-private-jet-saga-i-will-resign-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Prez private jet saga: I will resign if&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Samuel-Okudzeto-Ablakwa_8-1024x683.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=shorts\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=shorts<\/a><\/p>\n<p>North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, has vowed to quit if the next president of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) charters private jets at an outrageous price as is happening currently.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament has been following and criticizing President Akuffo Addo\u2019s travels, alleging that he has been using private jets at great expense to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong><em>Burning Issues <\/em><\/strong>to host Akua Boakyewaa Yiadom, Okudzeto Ablakwa said he could not fathom why the president would choose such expensive jets when there is already a presidential jet available to the nation. <\/p>\n<p>He stated that if the government feels the presidential jet isn\u2019t performing properly, the issue should be raised in parliament for it to be auctioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time this Presidential Jet was ordered, the honorable Kan Dapaah who was the Defense Minister said the lifespan of the jet is a minimum of 20 years but this jet is just 12 years old.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have anything against the president but it\u2019s about protecting the public purse and I don\u2019t expect a future NDC president to hire jets at such high cost, some of us would resign; I wouldn\u2019t want to be part of such a government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Okudzeto noted he has drafted a \u2018Presidential Travel Bill\u2019 that will help regulate all presidents on their trips which bill is currently before the legal department of parliament for review.<\/p>\n<p>He believes this idea about the presidential plane would reduce costs for the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why I have drafted a \u2018Presidential Travel Bill\u2019, a private member\u2019s bill, that will help to regulate presidential trips which have already been submitted to the legal department of parliament for review,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the featured video above for more of what Mr Ablakwah said.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"6JE8osnXUMk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piwak Natural Health - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (1-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6JE8osnXUMk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa, has vowed to quit if the next president of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) charters private jets at an outrageous price as is happening currently. 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