Nana Asafo-Adjei Ayeh, Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and MP for Bosome Freho, has revealed that the Minority is seeking clarity on President John Dramani Mahama’s recent diplomatic trips using a chartered jet, amid concerns about transparency, funding, and the criteria for such travel.
Speaking on the Channel One Newsroom, Asafo-Adjei Ayeh said he and his colleague, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, have formally filed a parliamentary question to the Ministers of Defence and Foreign Affairs.
According to the Bosome Freho MP, the inquiry aims to understand under what circumstances the President travels, how contingents are chosen, and how these trips are funded.
He stressed that the Minority’s final stance will be determined once Parliament receives detailed responses from the relevant Ministers, highlighting the importance of accountability in the use of state resources for presidential travel.
“My colleague, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, and I have filed a question in this regard. We have catalogued all the travels of the president that have officially been communicated to Parliament.
“Now we are asking the Minister of Defence and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to come and brief us under what circumstances, what criteria, how he is traveling, who the contingents are, and how we are funding all these.
“When they come to respond to these questions, then we can come out with our position. For now, we are only observing and taking note,” he said.
