{"id":4888,"date":"2025-01-21T06:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T06:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2025-01-21T06:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T06:39:22","slug":"franklin-cudjoe-questions-presidents-use-of-private-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/franklin-cudjoe-questions-presidents-use-of-private-jet\/","title":{"rendered":"Franklin Cudjoe Questions President&#8217;s Use of Private Jet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has raised concerns over the spokesperson to the president&#8217;s claim that no expenses were incurred for the president&#8217;s use of a private jet belonging to President Mahama&#8217;s brother.<\/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=\"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>Cudjoe questioned how a private jet owned by a non-government official can be used by the president without paying taxes to 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>He wondered if the tax was ignored because the jet was being used as a gift to the president. Cudjoe drew parallels with a statement made by a former finance minister, who claimed not to have been paid for his duties without providing proof, ultimately contributing to the country&#8217;s debt.<\/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=\"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>Cudjoe argued that the president&#8217;s trip to Gambia on the private jet, reportedly free of charge, would further damage Ghana&#8217;s already unstable economy. He urged Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the spokesperson to the president, to provide a clearer explanation for the cost of the president&#8217;s trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Franklin Cudjoe Questions President&#8217;s Use of Private Jet<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has raised concerns over the spokesperson to the president&#8217;s claim that no expenses were incurred for the president&#8217;s use of a private jet belonging to President Mahama&#8217;s brother. <\/p>\n<p>Cudjoe questioned how a private jet owned by a non-government official can be used by the president without paying taxes to the government.<\/p>\n<p>He wondered if the tax was ignored because the jet was being used as a gift to the president. Cudjoe drew parallels with a statement made by a former finance minister, who claimed not to have been paid for his duties without providing proof, ultimately contributing to the country&#8217;s debt.<\/p>\n<p>Cudjoe argued that the president&#8217;s trip to Gambia on the private jet, reportedly free of charge, would further damage Ghana&#8217;s already unstable economy. He urged Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the spokesperson to the president, to provide a clearer explanation for the cost of the president&#8217;s trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4888","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\/4888","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=4888"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4892,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4888\/revisions\/4892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}