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Missing 200 cars: Gov’t lied – NDC

Starrfm.com.gh By Starrfm.com.gh Published February 9, 2017
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The former National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration has released the full list of fleet of vehicles at the Flagstaff House following allegations that 200 of those cars are missing.

According to a former deputy chief of staff Johnny Osei Kofi, the Akufo-Addo government is distorting facts, adding the claims by the Director of Communications Eugene Arhin “represent a continuation of the distortions and bad faith that have characterised the conduct of the NPP side of the Transition team.”

A statement signed by Mr. Kofi said: “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.”

Below is the full statement and a breakdown of the vehicles handed over:

200 STATE VEHICLES NOT MISSING

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;

NO. VEHICLE TYPE   NUMBER OF VEHICLES
1 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER V8   142
2 TOYOTA HILUX   8
3 TOYOTA HIACE   3
4 TOYOTA AVALON   33
5 TOYOTA FORTUNER   2
6 TOYOTA COROLLA   58
7 TOYOTA AVENSIS   55
8 TOYOTA CAMRY   75
9 TOYOTA HYUNDAI i10   52
10 NISSAN TEANA   5
11 MAHINDRA   4
12 TOYOTA PRADO   54
13 NISSAN PATROL   7
14 NISSAN NAVARA   6
15 TOYOTA LAND CRUISER (LX)   24
16 HONDA MOTOR BYKES   4
17 NISSAN SENTRA   17
18 HYUNDAI ELANTRA   7
19 NISSAN SUNNY   4
20 HYUNDAI ACCENT   8
21 FORD/PASSAT   6
22 CHRYSLER   15
23 MERCEDES BENZ   2
24 HYUNDAI   4
25 BMW   12
26 IVECO   10
27 MITSUBISHI PAJERO   2
  TOTAL   641

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

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