The Press Secretary and Spokesperson to the Vice President, Ama Pratt, has dismissed allegations that Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang chartered a private jet to return to Ghana from the United Kingdom, describing the criticism as misplaced and irrelevant.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem show, Ama Pratt said there is no evidence to support the claim and questioned the motive behind such discussions.
“I’m not even sure she came with a private jet. All we know is that the usual travel arrangements were made for her. I can’t confirm whether a private jet was involved or not. And it’s not every bit of information I can come out and speak about publicly,” she said.
She pointed out that the Vice President had been unwell and was on medical leave in the UK.
But now that she has returned, the focus should be on her recovery, not what flight she used.
“At the end of the day, the Vice President of this Republic was sick. By God’s grace, she is now fine. And the conversation people are having is about the kind of flight she used to return? How is that even a conversation?” she quizzed.
Reacting directly to criticism from the NPP’s Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, who accused the Vice President of using a chartered private flight, Ama Pratt said the focus should be on her health and service to the country.
“We all have mothers. My mother was sick last year, but she’s a private person. Naana Jane is not just anybody, she’s our Vice President. The same critics whose government wanted aircrafts they could take baths in now have a problem with her return flight?”
She added, “I’m surprised people are offended that our mother was sick, used a flight that doesn’t even have a bath in it, and returned home to serve. What did they expect her to come with?”
Ama Pratt concluded by stressing that unless there is clear evidence that nothing is wrong with the current presidential jet, there is no basis for the criticism.
“It’s irrelevant until they can prove there’s something wrong with the official presidential aircraft. Right now, we should all just be thankful that our Vice President is well and back home.”
Source: Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy
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