Ranking Member on Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has asked Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa to resign, apologise to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and support government’s plans to acquire a new presidential jet.
In a social media post on Monday, August 18, Rev. Fordjour accused Ablakwa and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of “petty politics” over presidential travels.
“Mr. Principle, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana is expecting your resignation. The NDC must apologise to Ghanaians and President Akufo-Addo for playing petty politics with presidential travels,” he wrote.
He stressed that safety concerns about the current presidential aircraft were too serious to be trivialised and called for a pragmatic approach to resolving the matter.
Rev. Fordjour also urged government to move swiftly by presenting a proposal for the acquisition of a new jet to guarantee the President’s security and dignity during international engagements.
