Dr. Kabiru Mahama, a Technical Advisor at the Office of the Vice President has justified why President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo carries a presidential chair to all functions he attends in Ghana.Mahama insists that the fixation by National Democratic Congress officials on the chair is for mere propaganda purposes.

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“This propaganda about this presidential chair ought to stop because we know that the president goes with his handlers and presidential staffers. If a president is for national security reasons…“I even say that a president ought to be the number one, he is the sovereign. The president is the sovereign,” he stressed on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana programme, November 1, 2022.

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When asked by host Randy Abbey if he was “justifying taking a special chair to a radio studio,” Dr. Mahama responded:“I am justifying the fact that what the president eats, what the president wears, what the president sits on must be checked made against the National Security standards.

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Asked why the same standards are not applied when Akufo-Addo travels outside the country, he responded: “Let me tell you why it may not be applicable outside Ghana, one; systems elsewhere are different.”He cited the example of the American president, Joe Biden, when he went to the Queen’s funeral, with his own fleet. “That’s the American system,” Dr.

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Mahama stressed adding that the US being in economic difficulties would not mean they lower their security standards.On the issue of the chair having a dedicated V8, as advanced by co-panelist Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Bawumia’s aide said it was untrue to the extent that the chair could be carried in a vehicle with other members of the presidential entourage.

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“To suggest that this chair is having its own car and is being fueled when it can easily be placed in the boot of a car and go anywhere they want, you try to make a lot of noise about it,” he added.Source: Ghanaweb

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