The Office of the President has reiterated the directive regarding the acquisition of official government vehicles by outgoing Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Regional Ministers and other political appointees at the end of the current administration's term in office.
At the conclusion of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's first term in 2020, a directive was issued prohibiting Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Regional Ministers, Special Assistants, Special Aides to the President and Vice President, and all other political appointees under the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463) from acquiring government vehicles.
A statement issued by the president on Wednesday, December 2024, after the general elections said that this directive remains in full effect "as we approach the end of the President's second and final term".
While past administrations have adhered to a convention allowing appointees to acquire one official saloon vehicle through valuation by the State Transport Company Ltd., President AkufoAddo has reiterated that this practice will not be applicable under his administration. "No official vehicle shall be acquired by any appointee of the current administration as the term concludes," the statement said.