{"id":4882,"date":"2025-01-21T06:34:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T06:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2025-01-21T06:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T06:34:39","slug":"president-mahama-using-his-brother-private-jet-saves-the-economy-financial-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/president-mahama-using-his-brother-private-jet-saves-the-economy-financial-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"President Mahama Using his Brother Private Jet Saves the Economy Financial Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A former coach of Asante Kotoko has come to the defense of the president, who has been criticized for using his brother&#8217;s private jet without making payments to the government. The coach argues that Ghanaians should view this as a savvy economic move, rather than a loss for the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" data-id=\"4884\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8745.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4884 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 615px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 615\/410;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He pointed out that previous presidents had lavishly spent the country&#8217;s money on flights, whereas the current president is taking a more frugal approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By using his brother&#8217;s private jet, the president avoided incurring additional costs for the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"4885\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8746.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4885 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 480px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 480\/360;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The coach emphasized that the government did not make any payments for the president&#8217;s journey, and therefore, Ghanaians should appreciate the president&#8217;s efforts to economize, rather than criticizing him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" data-id=\"4886\" data-src=\"https:\/\/gistme.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8747.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4886 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/323;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This perspective highlights the importance of considering the economic implications of the president&#8217;s actions, rather than simply reacting to the optics of using a private jet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Mahama Using his Brother Private Jet Saves the Economy Financial Loss<\/p>\n<p>A former coach of Asante Kotoko has come to the defense of the president, who has been criticized for using his brother&#8217;s private jet without making payments to the government. The coach argues that Ghanaians should view this as a savvy economic move, rather than a loss for the government.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that previous presidents had lavishly spent the country&#8217;s money on flights, whereas the current president is taking a more frugal approach. <\/p>\n<p>By using his brother&#8217;s private jet, the president avoided incurring additional costs for the government.<\/p>\n<p>The coach emphasized that the government did not make any payments for the president&#8217;s journey, and therefore, Ghanaians should appreciate the president&#8217;s efforts to economize, rather than criticizing him. <\/p>\n<p>This perspective highlights the importance of considering the economic implications of the president&#8217;s actions, rather than simply reacting to the optics of using a private jet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4887,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4882\/revisions\/4887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}