Audio Attachment:Listen to Kwesi Pratt 'kokrokoo' |
Eugene Arhin, Director of the Communications at the Presidency, informed Ghanaians earlier this week that over Two Hundred (200) vehicles are nowhere to be found among the fleet of cars at the Presidency.
The vehicles were given to the officials of the past NDC government to use and to return after exiting office.
But in a statement on Thursday, former Deputy Chief of Staff, Johnny Osei Kofi, said Mr. Arhin’s claims were “false, baseless and without merit”, adding that they represented a continuation of the “distortions and bad faith that have characterized the conduct of the NPP side of the Transition team.”
The statement also explained that, “as part of the transition process, both the Assets and Logistics Committee on the NPP side were given a detailed list of all vehicles in the pool at the Presidency. More importantly, a total of 641 vehicles were listed and properly accounted for. This was duly captured in the handing over notes.”
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', Ag. Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme, Nana Boakye stated that the "cars that are there as I talk now are 173. In fact, the Ford Expedition is not part . . . That car is not part of the flet of vehicles . . . 173 cars, the registration numbers are there. This is a list of cars that comes from Jubilee House. The car’s number, the vehicle’s description, chassis number, and the leader in Jubilee House who’s been given for use and any other thing whether it’s bullet proof or not bullet proof are all there. These are serviceable. Serviceable vehicles at the Flagstaff House are 173 . . . Even the Ford Expedition that was given as a gift to the President (John Mahama) and he said that its been added to the fleet of vehicles at the presidency (Ford Expedition vehicle presented to former President John Dramani Mahama as gift by Burkinabe contractor, Djibril Kanazoe)...and that it is for the government and has been registered, and so it’s part of the State cars. It is not part of the vehicles. It’s not there. So, somebody should come and show us where the vehicles are."
But in a quick riposte, the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt has found the revelations shocking because to him, the NPP government should be able to account for the missing vehicles.
According to him, if the Nana Addo led government claims that over 200 cars are missing from the Flagstaff House, they should disclose the list of the missing vehicles with the chassis numbers and any vital information that will assist i investigations.
Mr. Pratt doubted the government's disclosure by alluding to the list of 641 vehicles that the former Deputy Chief of Staff, Johnny Osei Kofi put out on Thursday and claimed there is no way 208 vehicles could be said to have gone missing.
To him, if the vehicles that were at the Flagstaff House were 641, then it means over 400 cars were taken by officials of the previous government.
“How come you say that something of yours is missing but you don’t know that particular thing? Is that not strange? That you claim you’ve lost something but you don’t know exactly what’s missing because the first thing in determining that something is missing is you know what’s missing," he said.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Ah, is that the way vehicles are handed/taken over anytime there is a change in administration? On paper?? How can you take over a veh you have not seen but is described on a sheet of paper? During the one-month long transition period, couldn't all the vehs be programmed to be brought in for physical inspection? What kind of incompetence is this?? At the Presidency??? I can't believe this!!! It is very sad the way our assets are managed.
You guys are just dumb by still thinking the party you are blindly following is very clean, keep believing whatever they say and only blame yourselves for your ffffffooolishnessss. Mmoa !
LOOK AT HIS TEETH AND FACE.I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY MEDIA HOUSES IN THE COUNTRY OFFERS HIM THE PLATFORM TO SPEAK ON ISSUES!,KNOW HOW DIABOLICAL HE IS.
eiii this man, are u still talking?
Government should look out for how many cars were auctioned and which people bought them simple. in addition to the number of cars left.
All along I thought this KWESI PRATT was a very intelligent person but he is proofing me wrong.
...EVER TRUST ANY NDC PERSON. AN HONEST NDC PERSON IS A DEAD ONE, WHILE THEY ARE ALIVE, NEVER TRUST THEM!!!!!!
IT IS GOOD THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING SO THAT NOBODY ACCUSE AKKUFO ADDO GVT OF WITCH OR GHOST HUNTING. THE NEW GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE TO RETRIEVE THE MISSING CARS. SINCE 6OO+ CARS INVENTORY WAS SUBMITTED AND I 75 CARS WERE SUPPLIED, THE NEW GOVERNMENT MUST DEMAND FROM THE OLD GOVERNMENT WHERE THE OTHER CARS WERE. ACTUALLY THE NDC OFFICIALS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE TO GIVE OUT THE CARS WITHOUT BEING CHASED FOR THEM. IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEW GOVT. TOOK FOR GRANTED THAT THE OFFICIALS OF THE OUTGOING GVT. WOULD BE SINCERE AND TRUTHFUL AND ACT PROPERLY WITHOUT THE USE OF FORCE. THE NEW GVT ACTED OUT OF GOOD FAITH. UNFORTUNATELY THE OFFICIALS OF NDC ARE NOT THE CALIBER OF PEOPLE YOU CAN RELY ON FOR THEM TO ACT RIGHTLY WITHOUT THE USE OF FORCE. THEIR CORRUPTION IS NOT CONFINED TO THE TIME WHEN THEY ARE IN GOVT BUT EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN GVT. LIKE MARTIN AMIDU DID TO WAYOMIE, THE NPP SHOULD PURSUE THE NDC OFFICIALS TO RETRIEVE ANY CAR OR PROPERTY THEY HAVE UNJUSTIFIABLY ACQUIRED.
you people think Ghanaians are still foooollllls? now we can think paaaa
this guy is still trying to defend these cr1m1nals? wat at all is wrong with u pratt? u have sold ur brain soo cheaply like that? u cant think anymore? this guy shd be investigated as well. he is part of the looters. OK what abt the ford that even my grandmother in the village knows abt? u 4got that one too pratt? smh