Mahama Car Gift: Kwakye Ofosu discloses source of two vehicles

The Minister of State successful complaint of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has yet disclosed the root of the 2 vehicles that were presented arsenic gifts to President John Dramani Mahama.

Speaking connected Asempa FM connected May 7, 2025, Felix Kwakye Ofosu disclosed that the vehicles were donated by a Ghanaian institution and a Chinese firm, arsenic portion of efforts to enactment a greenish vigor inaugural aligned with the government’s vision, noting that the vehicles successful question were electric.

“The cars I presented to the authorities done the Chief of Staff were electrical vehicles (EVs) that usage batteries. Since it is modern, immoderate companies privation to present it into the country. The cars talented to the president are from 2 antithetic companies, a Ghanaian institution and a Chinese steadfast operating successful Ghana, who wanted the president to assistance beforehand the greenish vigor inaugural by utilizing these vehicles, and by doing so, it would promote others to spell successful that direction,” helium clarified.

Kwakye Ofosu, who doubles arsenic the Member of Parliament for Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese, explained that the companies' determination to acquisition the vehicles was portion of an effort to beforehand electrical cars successful Ghana.

He referenced instances wherever salient individuals endorsing a merchandise tin greatly heighten its visibility and appeal, thereby encouraging wider nationalist adoption — an attack helium said underpinned the rationale down the companies’ determination to contiguous the vehicles arsenic gifts.

“There are immoderate companies who judge that if salient radical usage oregon patronise their products, it volition assistance beforehand the products, and so, connected a regular basis, radical travel with this cognition successful mind, getting you to assistance beforehand it,” helium said.

Kwakye Ofosu further clarified that the president acted successful accordance with the codification of behaviour by declaring the vehicles and subsequently presenting them to the state, arsenic their worth exceeded the stipulated threshold of GH¢20,000.00.

He dismissed criticisms regarding the president’s acceptance of the gifts, emphasising that the president committed nary wrongdoing. Ofosu stated that the president did not personally usage the cars but alternatively placed them successful the authorities excavation for authoritative use.

“There are nary laws that prohibit the acceptance of gifts, but if it exceeds a definite threshold, you indispensable state it and springiness it to the authorities poo,l and that is the aforesaid instrumentality successful galore precocious antiauthoritarian countries, lone that determination are antithetic thresholds.

“In the lawsuit of Ghana, the threshold is GH¢20,000.0,0, which means if a acquisition exceeds this amount, you indispensable state it to the state, and that is precisely what President Mahama did. He has not committed immoderate transgression oregon breached the law. He hasn’t utilized the cars, but sometimes it helps to beforehand section industries oregon companies trying to assistance the Ghanaian economy, and determination is thing incorrect with this and should not pull criticisms,” helium added.

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