It has emerged that the Ford Expedition vehicle presented to former President John Dramani Mahama as gift by Burkinabe contractor, Djibril Kanazoe is not part of the fleet of cars handed over to the government by the former administration.
The Ford Expedition gift became a subject of CHRAJ Investigations after Joy News’ Manasseh Azuri Awuni’s investigations into the circumstances that led to the award of a contract for the construction of a wall around a parcel of land for Ghana's Embassy in Burkina Faso at the cost of $650,000.
Then Communications Minister, Edward Omane Boamah admitted that the 2010 Ford Gift was indeed presented to the President by the contractor but insisted that the Ford Expedition vehicle was added to government’s pool of vehicles at the Presidency.
“The said vehicle, which was placed in the vehicle pool at the Presidency as per established convention had nothing to do with the award of the contracts…,” the Minister said in a statement on 15th June, 2016.
This statement, Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), Nana Boakye commenting on the fleet of vehicles which are reportedly missing at the presidency said caused him to request that he be shown the Ford Expedition vehicle presented to the former President Mahama by the Burkinabe contractor.
“In fact, the Ford Expedition which they claimed they have added to the pool of vehicles is not part of the cars…I went to the Jubilee House yesterday and demanded to see that vehicle that Kanazoe gifted to Mahama…but to my dismay, I found out that the vehicle was not part of the cars handed over to this government…,” he said on Peace FM’s Morning Show, Kokrokoo.
Nana Boakye said further that there are only a hundred and seventy-three vehicles that were handed over to the Presidency.
This number contradicts the about 641 vehicles which former Deputy Chief of Staff, Johnny Osei Kofi said was handed over to the current administration.
“There are only 173 serviceable cars at the Presidency at the moment, each of them has its chassis numbers provided…there are also 45 unserviceable vehicles…,” he said.
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GHANAIANS SHOULD ASK OMANE BOAMAH TO TELL US WHERE THE FORD CAR IS. I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT IT IS WITH LORDINA MAHAMAS WIFE NPP SHOULD INSIST TO KNOW WHERE THE FORD CAR IS THEY SHOULD NOT LET THIS CAR GO MISSING ATALL.NDC CAN NOT TAKE GHANAIANS FOR A RIDE WE ARE WILD AWAKE AND OUR EYES ARE OPEN NOW WE CAN SEE THINGS CLEARLY.INSIST ON THE FORD CAR UNTILL WE FIND WHERE THEY HAVE HIDDEN IT.NDC GAGUANTUAL THIEFS,ENOUGH IS ENOUGH NDC.
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 will be exposed and shamed again.I have my facts,you people never learn.NPP is a #419 governement. Why have you allocated the bullet proof used by Presidents to the 1st lady and then you come and lie that Nana PLIAGIARISM has no car to use?
OYIWAAA ENA EDA HO NO GHANAIANS ST=EA=LING NIE. NDC ARE ST=E=A=LING
Mahama and grabbing. Similar to konkonte and groundnut soup. Toooooo much NPP must start probing his wife.
John Mahama is a total waste for our country.... The guy is just too corrupt to be president. He has waisted 4 years of our life as a country. He received a ford car as a bribe from a contractor friend and when he was caught they quickly placed the car in the presidential pool.... Now the car is no where to be found. We must not allow the NDC to come back to power in this country. The NDC leaders are cleaver thifs.
This is not acceptable and must be investigated. Why is NDC doing this to mother Ghana.For Kanazoe's Ford i believe is with JOHN MAHAMA. NPP stop talking and allow the security to work. They must retrieve anything that belongs to the STATE. NDC Likes S'TEALING too much. Which kind of Political Party is that