Who will track your appointees’ use of V8s – Mahama jabs Akufo-Addo

Former president, John Dramani Mahama, has taken a dig at President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for failing to reduce the size of his government, which is having a toll on the economy.

He asked the President to reduce the number of his appointees to help bring down government expenditure to alleviate the hardships Ghanaians are faced with.

According to him, government’s directive on the use of V8s and V6s by appointees is untenable, arguing that it will be difficult for the government to monitor the movement of his appointees.

He charged the government to put in proper measures to cut down on expenditure that has crippled the economy.

Expenditure has increased significantly by 80 billion cedis.  It appears we have to accept to live with the excessive bloated size of government at the presidency,” the former President said.

For the avoidance of doubt, the purchase of new vehicles shall be restricted to locally assembled vehicles; Only essential official foreign travel across government including SOEs shall be allowed

Accordingly, 50% of the previous year’s (2022) budget allocation for fuel shall be earmarked for official business pertaining to MDAs, MMDAs, and SOEs”.