Former Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament, Mr. Bryan Acheampong, has said he advised the Minister of National Security Mr. Albert Kan Dapaah not to release information on President Akufo-Addo’s foreign trip to the public.
Contributing to the debate on the 2022 budget statement on foreign affairs, the MP for Abetifi, Mr. Bryan Acheampong said that information about the President’s travels cannot be made public because of national security reasons.
He said “anytime our president travels he returns with goodies. He visited Germany and he came home with vaccines. Anytime he travels, he comes with goodies,” he said.
Mr. Acheampong added “I advised the Minister of National Security to keep the information on presidential travels secrete.
“It is not every information that can be divulged to the public. Hitherto, it was information that can be shared but it is no longer information that can be played in the Political arena.”- He said
It could be recalled that the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta answered Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa on his urgent question regarding the cost of President Akufo-Addo’s recent three-nation travel to France, Belgium and South Africa.
He questioned why the presidential jet was abandoned despite being in good condition for a luxurious aircraft owned by Acropolis Aviaition based in the UK.
