{"id":9259,"date":"2018-06-24T13:27:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T12:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=9259"},"modified":"2018-06-24T13:27:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T12:27:19","slug":"akufo-addo-bans-ministers-other-appointees-from-foreign-travels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=9259","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo bans ministers, other appointees from foreign travels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/28\/nana-addo-bans-mdas-from-buying-new-cars\/\"><strong>Nana Akufo-Addo<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>has banned all Ministers, Deputy ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Heads of government agencies from travelling outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear what may have prompted the new directive but a memo from the presidency said the ban was temporary.<\/p>\n<p>The memo, which was signed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Opare said the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor-Botchwey is exempted from the directive.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe President of the Republic has directed that, all foreign travels by Hon. Ministers, Deputy Ministers, MMDCEs and Heads of Government Agencies be temporarily suspended with immediate effect. Guidelines in respect of future foreign travels aimed at minimizing disruption to Government\u2019s domestic work will be communicated to you shortly.<\/p>\n<p>The Hon. Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is however exempted from this temporary ban on foreign travels,\u201d the memo sighted by\u00a0citinewsroom<b> <\/b>said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_383045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-383045\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John-Mahama-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John-Mahama-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/John-Mahama-1-300x160.jpg 300w\" alt=\"John Mahama\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Mahama also issued a travel ban in December 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The last time a similar travel restriction from government officials was imposed was in December 2015 under the John Mahama government where he\u00a0banned public officials from first class air travel as part of efforts to cut wasteful spending.<\/p>\n<p>Some officials in government have had the cause to complain about\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/09\/deputy-ceo-at-ghana-tourist-devt-co-resigns-alleges-chop-chop\/\">incessant travels of some appointees<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0who in most cases are unable to justify why they travelled outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>Akua Djanie who recently resigned from her position as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourist Development Company, (GTDC), alleged among other things that her boss, was fond of travelling outside the country, neglecting the core duties at the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI wanted to work, not travel and chop per diem\u2026I don\u2019t see what GTDC is doing. The CEO travels every month for two weeks straight. In April, he was gone for three weeks,\u201d she stated in a\u00a0Citi News\u00a0interview.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Most of such travels are on the account of the Ghanaian tax payer and the presidency believes, they also lead to a serious disruption in local government business.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n<p>Source: Citinewsroom.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President\u00a0Nana Akufo-Addo\u00a0has banned all Ministers, Deputy ministers, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Heads of government agencies from travelling outside the country. It is unclear what may have prompted the new directive but a memo from the presidency said the ban was temporary. 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