Defence Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, has revealed that Ghana’s presidential jet is currently unfit for use due to serious maintenance issues.

In a strongly worded statement directed at the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Boamah criticised the Akufo-Addo administration for allegedly running down the aircraft during its tenure.

In a Facebook post on Friday, 23 May, he said, “Let the NPP that suffered the most humiliating defeat in recent memory in both the Presidential and Parliamentary elections know this, Akufo-Addo’s administration rundown the Presidential jet. Among others, its fuel tank is even corroded.”

This statement was a direct response to claims by some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that Vice President Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang chartered a private jet for her return to Ghana on Thursday, 22nd May.

He revealed that the aircraft has been sent abroad for extensive repairs and will require at least three months of maintenance before it can be returned to service.

“The Presidential jet has been in the 'hospital' abroad for maintenance, repair and overhaul and may be put in fairly usable state after three months of 'therapy',” Dr. Boamah added.

According to him, the jet is currently unfit for any presidential or official travel. “The Presidential jet is unfit for use presently,” he concluded.