Abu Jinapor demands transparency over GH¢49.72m evacuation cost
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called for greater transparency over the GH¢49.72 million spent by the government to evacuate 1,900 Ghanaians from South Africa. Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story, Mr Jinapor said while the government’s decision to protect Ghanaians caught up in renewed xenophobic attacks was necessary, the expenditure must […]
Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has called for greater transparency over the GH¢49.72 million spent by the government to evacuate 1,900 Ghanaians from South Africa. In an interview on Joy FM’s Top Story, Jinapor emphasized that while protecting citizens during the xenophobic attacks was necessary, the expenditure must be properly accounted for.
He stressed that the protection of citizens’ lives should not be reduced to a monetary calculation, but insisted that transparency and value for money remained important principles of public expenditure. Jinapor urged the Foreign Affairs Ministry to publish a detailed account of the expenditure, arguing that such disclosure would serve the interests of transparency, good governance, and the nation.
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