Ato Forson, the Majority Leader, has refuted claims that President Mahama used a private jet for his recent trip, calling on Dominic Nitiwul, the former Minister of Defence, to provide evidence to support his allegations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to Parliament on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Forson emphasized that President Mahama did not use a private jet, as he was present on the same commercial Emirates flight as the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forson’s statement contradicts earlier claims that President Mahama had used a private jet for his trip, which sparked controversy and debate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President’s spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, had also clarified that President Mahama’s use of his brother’s private jet was not at the expense of the taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forson’s challenge to Nitiwul comes amid ongoing discussions about the President’s travel arrangements and the state of the presidential jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nitiwul had previously criticized President Mahama for not using the presidential jet, which he claimed was in good condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
_Ato Forson Challenges Dominic Nitiwul Over President Mahama’s Private Jet Claim_<\/p>\n
Ato Forson, the Majority Leader, has refuted claims that President Mahama used a private jet for his recent trip, calling on Dominic Nitiwul, the former Minister of Defence, to provide evidence to support his allegations. <\/p>\n
Speaking to Parliament on Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Forson emphasized that President Mahama did not use a private jet, as he was present on the same commercial Emirates flight as the President.<\/p>\n
Forson’s statement contradicts earlier claims that President Mahama had used a private jet for his trip, which sparked controversy and debate.<\/p>\n
The President’s spokesperson, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, had also clarified that President Mahama’s use of his brother’s private jet was not at the expense of the taxpayer.<\/p>\n
Forson’s challenge to Nitiwul comes amid ongoing discussions about the President’s travel arrangements and the state of the presidential jet. <\/p>\n
Nitiwul had previously criticized President Mahama for not using the presidential jet, which he claimed was in good condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4928","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\/4928","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=4928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4928\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}