NPP Youth Wing reacts to 20,000-dollar car loan for MPs

Greater Accra Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said on Friday that the decision by Parliament to grant its members a loan of 20,000 dollars each to buy cars is an "affront to the integrity of the electorate".

The youth wing said in a statement in Accra that the act ''is a revelation of the insensitivity on the part of our Members of Parliament and their self seeking nature''.

''Their demand, in our view, is highly outrageous, devoid of any critical examination and consideration of the state of our economy.'' The statement said the timing of decision, coming at a time when people are overburdened with tax, is wrong and in bad faith.