Ghanaian have expressed mixed reactions over revelations that some GHS62 million was spent on foreign travels by the Presidency.

The report on expenditure by the Office of the Chief of Staff, from which the Presidency operates, was presented to Parliament and reveals that an amount of GHS1.9 million and GHS26, 000 were also spent on refreshments and funeral donations respectively.

The Minority, through the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament, Cassiel Ato Forson, has come out to strongly condemn the office and urged Ghanaians to demand accountability.

But Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has said the amount spent by his office is far less than what was approved by Parliament.

Reacting to these developments on social media, Ghanaians accused the Minority of hypocrisy for complaining about a budget that was approved in 2018 by some of its members. Others also expressed disappointment in the government for doing little to protect the public purse.

Find some social media comments below

 

The excuse and the explanation being giving by Jinapor is absurd and flimsy. Why is he comparing his party to ndc when it comes to the issues of the wrong. President running what lean. He has no shame. Yoggie #joysms

— yoggie (@yoggie5) December 20, 2019

 

 

@THEKojoYankson, this government was voted because we thought the previous government was bad, now the deputy CoS is comparing themselves to something bad!#JoySMS

— Elvis Wise (@Elvis_T_Wise) December 20, 2019

 

 

is abu janapo saying the poor tax payers money was donated to rich kofi annan funeral ? our legislators are kalabule people #Joysms

— El Allweather (@iamAllweather) December 20, 2019

 

 

@JOYNEWSONTV @joyonlineghana @Joy997FM #joySMS. I think on the issue of the expenses at the presidency, I think Ghanaians are hypocrites. Pple are surprise of funeral donations and Education sponsorships. We should be enlightened. Check the records of every entity in the country

— Magma (@magma2079) December 20, 2019

 

 

@Joy997FM the fact is the presidency has not out spent its budget. Secondly, "Year of return" which is an initiative of the President's travel has added to our GDP $1.9bn ,this is according to the tourism ministry..#JoySMS

— Nana Hesse Ogyiri (@NanaOgyiri) December 20, 2019

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