Kwame Owusu Danso, the 2024 running mate of the Movement for Change, has responded sharply to allegations from members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) regarding Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s recent use of a private jet.
According to reports by GhanaWeb, the controversy began after Vincent Ekow Assafuah, the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, took to social media to criticise the Vice President’s return from a medical trip in the United Kingdom.
He claimed she flew aboard a luxurious VistaJet flight, costing the nation over $170,000, which he argued was wasteful in light of the country’s ongoing challenges, including irregular electricity supply, hospital resource shortages, and university staff strikes.
Assafuah further suggested that the money spent on the flight could have been redirected to fund educational and healthcare initiatives or support striking lecturers.
In a televised discussion on Pan Africa TV, Kwame Owusu Danso dismissed the outrage, describing it as baseless and politically motivated.
He questioned whether critics genuinely expected the Vice President to return from a state-related trip using a public transport vehicle.
Danso also highlighted what he described as past instances of wasteful spending by officials under the previous NPP-led administration, alleging that some had travelled abroad solely for leisure or trivial reasons, including attending football matches or buying food.
He argued that such double standards expose a lack of seriousness in the criticisms now being levelled, stressing that as Vice President, Opoku-Agyemang deserves the respect and logistical support her office demands.
“We had people who flew out to buy pizza and returned the same day. They would charter a plane, fly out to buy pizza, and then come back to Ghana. And those people—are they more human than the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana?
Ghanaians, we don’t respect. Did we expect her to come in a trotro? What is this?” Kwame Owusu Danso stated.