{"id":1206972,"date":"2022-09-19T10:43:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/19\/stop-flying-expensive-private-jets-when-young-people-cant-find-jobs-sammy-gyamfi-to-akufo-addo\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T10:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T10:43:31","slug":"stop-flying-expensive-private-jets-when-young-people-cant-find-jobs-sammy-gyamfi-to-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/19\/stop-flying-expensive-private-jets-when-young-people-cant-find-jobs-sammy-gyamfi-to-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop flying expensive private jets when young people can&#8217;t find jobs &#8211; Sammy Gyamfi to Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Sammy-Gyamfis-charge-to-Akufo-Addo-on-private-jets.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, has called on President Akufo-Addo to stop flying expensive private jets at the expense of the unemployed youths in the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the President\u2019s preference for private jets affects the country\u2019s resources and, therefore, he should stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on the <strong>AM Show<\/strong> on Monday, he lamented the cost of the president\u2019s travels to the detriment of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In his view, Ghana\u2019s high debt profile and the ailing economy can be blamed on the President\u2019s decision to charter expensive flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCut down on the reckless expenditure; stop flying in expensive private jets when young people in this country cannot find jobs; when you cannot pay NABCO beneficiaries their arrears, and when people are struggling to make ends meet and all that\u201d, he told host, Benjamin Akakpo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJoyNewsOnTV%2Fvideos%2F1508876066297406%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cLive within your means; cut down on the waste, cut down on the financial irregularities and loses, the procurement breaches that the Auditor-General is talking about and put the meagre resources of the state to judicious use\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The controversy about the President\u2019s use of private jets <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The call by the NDC\u2019s National Communications Officer adds to previous calls by NDC lawmaker, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, on the President\u2019s external travels.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of epistles on social media, the North Tongu MP has been expressing his grievances about the way the President abandons the country\u2019s President jet for \u2018luxurious\u2019 planes.<\/p>\n<p>Ina recent comment on the issue, Mr Ablakwa alleged that an unknown person had flown the official Presidential jet to France, for personal use.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this was against an initial claim that the Presidential jet could not fly long haul.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>But reacting to this, the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin debunked the assertions and charged the MP to stop his propaganda against the usage of the Presidential jet.<\/p>\n<p>In his response, he said the jet was only flown to France for repair works.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>Meanwhile, the public remains divided over whether the President should continue to charter private jets or not.<\/p>\n<p>While some have fervently argued that it comes at a cost to the nation, others say it is befitting for the first gentleman of the land, since it is reported that the official presidential jet cannot serve its purpose in recent times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi, has called on President Akufo-Addo to stop flying expensive private jets at the expense of the unemployed youths in the country. According to him, the President\u2019s preference for private jets affects the country\u2019s resources and, therefore, he should stop it. 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