Mrs. Esther Lily Nkansah, out-going Western Regional Minister, and Colonel Kaku Korsah (Rtd), out-going Metropolitan Chief Executive of the Shama Ahanta East
Assembly, have taken over the ownership of two vehicles which belonged to the state.
A Mitsubishi gallant salon car with registration number WR 6161 C has been transferred to Col. Korsah while a Toyota Corona salon car with registration number WR 617 P has been transferred to Mrs. Nkansah on the alleged instructions of the former Chief of Staff at the office of the president, Nana Ato Dadzie.
According to sources at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) at Takoradi, the two are the only officials of the previous government who have had their vehicles transferred to them.
The amounts paid for the vehicles vary but constitute only a part of the total cost of the vehicles, the source hinted.
The Chief of Staff at the office of the President, Mr. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration will re-visit the issue of vehicle acquisition by former government functionaries to ensure that the proper thing is done.
A number of residents the Ghana News Agency spoke to in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis have expressed disgust at the low prices being paid by the former ministers for the salon cars.
While some were of the view that the former ministers deserve it as a "farewell gift", others said the government does not owe the ministers and do not therefore understand why such vehicles should be sold to them at such low prices.
They called on the new government to investigate the issue and prosecute any minister who has bought any of such vehicles illegally.
