General News of Monday, 1 October 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comHow Akufo-Addo’s presidential jet was saved from near disaster – Oppong-NkrumahReports that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the delegation that travelled with him to the United States escaped what could have been a fatal accident with the Presidential jet in Washington, Saturday, have been confirmed by Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah. In spite of this history of the jet, Oppong-Nkrumah at the press conference said the president is not considering buying a new one. “I can tell you that the presidential jet returned very recently from its maintenance and servicing schedule so it’s a being maintained and serviced in accordance with its schedule. The Falcon 900 was purchased in July 2010 after the Mills administration said the Fokker 28 presidential jet, otherwise known as the “Flying Coffin” was too old to be useful to government. While in opposition, the NDC had resisted moves by the then-NPP government to purchase the jet for President John Kufuor, insisting the economy was not in good shape for the comfort of a presidential jet.

Source: GhanaWeb October 01, 2018 04:07 UTC