A member of the NPP communication team in the Tano South Constituency, Abdula Jafaru, known as 'King Jafa', has urged President to purchase a new presidential jet for the country as a matter of urgency.

Commenting on Bechem-based After2 Radio on the military helicopter crash that claimed eight lives in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti Region on Wednesday, August 6.

The crash, which has plunged the nation into mourning, resulted in the deaths of high-profile officials, including the Minister for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, and the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed.

Also on board were senior national security personnel and crew members of the Ghana Armed Forces.