[ 2016-06-17 ]

Mahama donated Ford gift to gov’t – Kofi Adams
National Organiser of the governing National
Democratic Congress Kofi Adams says President John
Mahama is not personally using a gift given to him
by a Burkinabe contractor.

Kofi Adams maintains that although it was a
personal gift, the President later donated the
Ford Expedition to the government. This is why the
Ford Expedition is part of the pool of vehicles at
the presidency, he said on Joy FM's Super Morning
Show Friday.

President Mahama is at the center of a
controversy after a Joy News investigation by
Manasseh Azure Awuni revealed that a Burkinabe
contractor, Mr. Djibril Kanazoe gave the luxury
vehicle to the President in 2012.

He had won two contracts from government, raising
questions about the propriety of the gift.
According to a code of ethics for ministers and
public servants launched by President Mahama, a
gift received should not be more than $50. The
luxury vehicle is valued at $100,000.

But dismissing allegations of potential conflict
of interest, Kofi Adams said Ghanaians should have
been worried if “it was found [that the car] was
registered with a DVLA number or a private
number”.

It would mean, the gift was in the personal use
of the President. But the car is with state
protocol where government vehicles are kept.

He said the number of the vehicle is now a
“security matter”.

Source - Myjoyonline.com

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