Ghana President: Is Nana Addo taking $5,000 per diem per trip? - NDC asks

The NDC National Chairman Kofi Portuphy asked at a press conference on Thursday to assess the president’s first six months in office.

The president, Nana Akufo-Addo must disclose how much he takes as per diem per foreign trip, the opposition National Democratic Congress has said.

“Is it $5000 or $4000 as is being rumoured?” “How much do his aides also take? Is it $2000 or $1000 as being rumoured?” NDC National Chairman Kofi Portuphy asked at a press conference on Thursday to assess the president’s first six months in office.

The NDC also believed that Akufo-Addo must scrap “useless” and “amorphous” ministries as they are putting a burden on the state purse.

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Meanwhile, the party has accused the president, Nana Akufo-Addo of being a “legal alien” and one who is not abreast of issues.

According to him, the president spends most of his time outside the country and he is therefore not on top of issues.

 

Portuphy argued that the president could have done better at the media encounter as he failed to answer most of the questions posed to him.

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“We are not surprised because he spends more time abroad than at home… Akufo-Addo is a legal alien,” Mr. Portuphy said.

“Where is the Free SHS, where is the one district-one factory, where is the one village and one dam promises and the $1 million promised in Ghana Must Go bag for every constituencies?” Mr. Portuphy asked, adding that the president has failed citizens.

He also touched on security in the country, saying that there is an “unprecedented upsurge in violent crimes to the disbelieve of Ghanaians.”

The NDC National Chairman Kofi Portuphy asked at a press conference on Thursday to assess the president’s first six months in office. Read Full Story