National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Team member, Theophilus Dzimega Jnr. Esq., has said details of the cost of servicing and using the presidential jet will be made public when the time is appropriate.
According to him, it is too early to demand the figures immediately, and will be disclosed when it needs to be.
Speaking on Joy Prime on November 17 and monitored by NewsDesksGH, he made the comment in response to another panelist, Nana Yaw Sarpong, Deputy General Secretary and Political Aide of the United Party, who questioned why the government had not revealed how much the presidential jet’s servicing cost after its return from an eight-month maintenance period.
“You see the finance minister is saying that the servicing, we could have used the money to buy a new one. Really? So much does it cost us to service it?” Mr. Sarpong questioned.
He further asked, “How much does it cost us for the president, whether commercial or whether using Dzata to travel with, how much has it cost us since he came to office?”
He also raised concerns about how much fuel and related travel costs would amount to.
In response, NDC Communicator Mr. Dzimega said that the information would be released at the appropriate time.
“When it is appropriate to be released it will be released. It’s not time yet,” he said.
He argued that not every detail of presidential travel can be disclosed immediately, stating, “Imagine every time the president travels they come back and give you figures, president goes into the office they tell you how much fuel, is that what you want to do? Nobody does accounting like that.”
Theophilus Dzimega added that the figures would soon be provided, and insisted that the administration has demonstrated transparency.
“In the coming days this will be made known. This government has been so ope and so accountable to Ghanaians. Let us give them that credit,” he stressed.
