Martin Korsah
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Techiman South and former Minister for Local Government, Martin Korsah, is set to officially petition Parliament over some actions which in his view “if they continue unchecked, could pose a huge risk to the security and safety of the President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama.”
According to him, “the President on assuming office, has been on record to have undertaken foreign travels by the use of a privately owned aeroplane of his brother Ibrahim Mahama at a time that the state had not authorised same, and the safety condition of the aircraft could not be vouched for.
“This happened when the state owned aircraft serviced and maintained by the state and reserved for the use by the President was available for his use. This has happened a number of times.”
Just last Thursday, he pointed out that the President again was seen being driven in a vehicle by his brother Ibrahim Mahama on an official visit to the Volta Region to commiserate with victims of a sea erosion community. “Where was the President’s officially assigned driver? Has the President’s brother been trained and cleared specifically on all the safety measures to be undertaken to drive the President in a convoy?” he asked, adding “one would have thought that given the experience of this President, such gaffes would have been avoided.”
The earlier we act, the better before a calamity befalls this country out of these recklessness, and it’s important Parliament’s attention is drawn on this worrying development to avert a national disaster, he stated.
There are other people who have also questioned the motivation of the President’s brother to “bear all such costs on the President incidental to his duties and also at what cost that would be to the Ghanaian taxpayers.”