General News of Friday, 17 January 2020Source: citinewsroom.comI’ll stop appointees from buying state vehicles, others – MahamaFormer president John Dramani MahamaThe flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says as part of fighting corruption, his second coming will see the abolishing of the entitlement system for political officeholders. He has rather suggested a financing module with the collaboration of some financial institutions to aid such office holders to purchase items they need. “One of the immediate measures we will take is to put an immediate and permanent end to the purchase of duty post vehicles by political appointees…Government vehicles will remain government vehicles,” Mr. Mahama stated. “We will work with the banks and financial institutions to enable appointees access credit so that they can acquire vehicles of their own.”The sale of state vehicles to staff has been a source of controversy in past years. Concerns over political party financing Taking his turn at the NDC event, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu renewed calls for a mechanism by the state to fund political parties.

Source: GhanaWeb January 17, 2020 06:45 UTC