Defence Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has revealed that the Presidential jet is currently unfit for use and undergoing maintenance abroad.
He disclosed that the deterioration of the aircraft occurred under the previous Akufo-Addo administration.
In January 2025, former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul questioned President John Mahama’s decision not to use the Presidential jet for official international trips. Mr. Nitiwul insisted that the jet was in good condition and should be utilised instead of commercial or private flights.
However, Dr. Boamah stated the aircraft is undergoing a “three months of therapy” to restore it to a “fairly usable” state.
Though he did not specify when the maintenance began, the Defence Minister clarified in a Facebook post responding to claims by some New Patriotic Party (NPP) members that Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang chartered a private jet for her return to Ghana on Thursday, May 22.
“Let the NPP, which suffered the most humiliating defeat in recent memory in both the Presidential and Parliamentary elections, know this,” he wrote.
Among the issues, Dr. Boamah noted that the jet’s fuel tank was corroded.
“The Presidential jet has been in the ‘hospital’ abroad… it is unfit for use presently,” he added.