I am constrained to correct yet another distortion about the whereabouts of vehicles belonging to the Presidency.
On Wednesday, Eugene Arhin, Director of Communications at the Flagstaff House, in a widely circulated interview, claimed that 200 vehicles in the pool at the presidency were missing.
He also claimed that the supposed disappearance of these vehicles has created an acute shortage compelling President Akufo Addo to resort to the use of 2007 model BMW vehicles and in some instances his own cross-country vehicle for official duties.
The claims of Eugene Arhin are false, baseless without merit. They represent a continuation of the distortions and bad faith that have characterised the conduct of the NPP side of the Transition team.
As part of the transition process, both the Assets and Logistics Committee on the NPP side were given a detailed list of all vehicles in the pool at the Presidency.
More importantly, a total of 641 vehicles were listed and properly accounted for. This was duly captured in the handing over notes. The breakdown of the vehicles are indicated in the table below;
It is befuddling that several weeks after the NPP administration begun this campaign of disinformation and harassment of members of the immediate past government, it has as yet failed to put out an iota of evidence to back these claims.
If the NPP government was sincere about these claims,it would have published a full list of all allegedly missing vehicles and provide specific information on each of them.
I also found astonishing, the claim by Eugene Arhin that President Akufo Addo cannot find decent vehicles to use and has had to rely on 2007 model BMWs for his movements since becoming President.
It must be placed on record that the use of the BMWs and his personal vehicle, if it is true, is not due to the non-availability of presidential vehicles. It is clearly a choice that he made on his own accord.
Among the vehicles handed over to the NPP team were two bulletproof salon cars and two bulletproof cross country vehicles specifically dedicated to the use of the President. Both sets of bulletproof vehicles are relatively new and in good condition for the transportation of the President.
Added to this is a fleet of almost new Mercedes Benz vehicles. Surely if President Akufo Addo can use 10 year old vehicles, he should be able to use vehicles that are relatively new and in good condition.
The attempt therefore by Eugene Arhin to create the impression of scarcity and use same as a pretext to justify the unwarranted falsehood about missing vehicles belonging to the Presidency is disingenuous and unbecoming of a public official whose actions must be guided by integrity and candour.
It is obvious from the foregoing that Eugene Arhin’s intervention is part of a grand scheme by the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to demonise members of the previous administration for cheap partisan propaganda purposes.
In the interest of transparency and candour, a detailed inventory of all vehicles accounted for during the transition process has been attached to this statement.
The onus now lies squarely on the Akufo Addo/Bawumia government to provide very specific details of the supposedly missing vehicles out of the list provided below.
JOHNNY OSEI KOFI
FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
Thursday, 9th February, 2017
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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The issue is not the list of cars. It is the physical presence of the cars that is in dispute here. If the cars were parked there why will any one fail to see them? For all we know the party chiefs handed them over alright, but the small boys and girls may have driven them out later on their blind side. Mr. Arhin should take the media to the parking lot and let them capture which and how many cars are there for all of us to see.
SO DID ANYBODY IN NPP CAMP INSPECTED THE ITEMS PROVIDED TO THEM IN THE INVENTORY?. IF NPP DID NOT DO THAT THEN IT IS THEIR OWN MISTAKE. OR THESE STOLEN CARS HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED WITH STATE FUNDS BUT NOT RECORDED IN THE INVENTORY WHICH NPP HAS COME TO KNOW? NPP SHOULD DO THEIR HOMEWORK WELL AND TELL US WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENEING
"As part of the transition process, both the Assets and Logistics Committee on the NPP side were given a detailed list of all vehicles in the pool at the Presidency. More importantly, a total of 641 vehicles were listed and properly accounted for. This was duly captured in the handing over notes" Did you give a detailed list or you handed over cars to somebody whom can hold responsible for the stolen cars. That you listed the cars and captured that in the handing over notes does not mean you left the keys of the cars and the cars themselves with somebody. if you indeed gave the keys to somebody and led him/her to inspect the cars, please tells us so that we can hold that person responsible. this response you have put out rather exposes your mastery in ***barred word***.
Mr. Johnny Osei Kofi, you cant ***barred word*** anybody with this response. Ghanaians are more wiser than you we are. You are given a breakdown of number of cars you left. in whose hands did you leave those cars? why didnt you provide the chasis numbers and the car registration numbers so that we can follow them up. So please come with better and further particulars. Tell us the registration numbers and the chassis numbers of all those cars you claim you left and in whose hands you left those cars. We know you and your cohorts led by the theef in chief.
What the man is saying right..If u think there are stolen cars, just present your list of cars you have in your possession. This is just a simple thing. The too known factor in Npp is killing them. After all you are in government so what is all this propaganda.
Where is the Ford?
Stop it NDC!!!
Ford/ Passat? I Can't Think Far...
Your boys must've stolen them on your blind side! This is on paper. Point the vehicles out to those on charge now! I bet you can't!
Yes on paper you have accounted for the cars but reality you have stolen them and sold them to your selves, family and galfriends and even changed chassis numbers GOD is watching you..