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Office of Vice President denies using 17
fleet of cars as convoy
BY Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Accra, April 15, Ghanadot - An
associate of the Vice President, Mr Kassambata Yaro has
denied media report that, Mr John Dramani Mahama, the Vice
President over the weekend used 17 fleet of cars for his
convoy.
In today's edition of the Statesman newspaper, the paper
carried on its front page a story which said, Vice President
John Mahama over the weekend used 17 fleet of brand new cars
for his convoy.
According to the paper, the big convoy by the Vice
President was contrary to the promise by the President who
pledged to use small convoy under his presidency in order to
cut cost.
However, Mr Yaro Kassambata, an associate of the Vice
President has described the story as false. According to
him, Mr John Dramani Mahama on the said occasion over the
weekend used only one car and one dispatch rider.
He explained that, on Saturday April 11 this year, Joyce
Tamakloe Foundation invited the Vice President to a fund
raising ceremony at the polo grounds in Accra. He said,
prior to that, the foundation had organised a car rally to
solicit funds to support patients suffering from prostrate
cancer.
The convoy of the Vice President he said caught up with the
car rally near the airport. "But the fleet of cars was never
part of the convoy of the the Vice President but private
individuals who are using their cars to solicit funds. The
Vice President was using only one car with one dispatch
motor rider", Mr Kassambata explained.
Mr Yaro Kassambata reiteriated the commitment by the
Presidency to stick to its political promise of using small
convoy, saying, the President and his Vice believe in
modesty.
Ghanadot
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