A group of Ga-Dangmes, calling themselves the Ga-Dangme Forward Movement, has threatened to demonstrate against the former president, John Mahama, if he does not leave his official residence.
The Chairman of the movement, Emmanuel Adjei Boye, told Citi News their threat is borne out of former President Mahama’s earlier directive against the purchase of state bungalows by government officials. John Mahama, as President, directed the abolition of the policy that allows public office holders to purchase state bungalows allocated to them in 2013.
Making reference to this, Mr. Boye said the former President must simply abide by his own directives.
“There are rules and regulations guarding official residential facilities, and the former president should also abide by the rules and regulations. He himself set up the rule that no official person takes an official residence when he is going out… If he is a law abiding citizen, he should go by the rules.”
Jake bungalow saga
The group also made particular reference to attempts made by elements of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to prevent the late Jake Obetsebi Lamptey from keeping a government bungalow he had paid for when he was Minister of Tourism during the John Kufuor government.
“This is a Ga land, and they ejected Gas from the land when they were there [in power]. They even took Jake Obetsebi Lamptey to court for acquiring a Ga land. Why should he [Mahama] still stay in that residence saying he wants to acquire it? No, he can’t do that. We won’t allow that.”
“If a Ga citizen cannot acquire a Ga land, nobody then can acquire a Ga land,” Mr. Boye insisted.
In 2012, the then Deputy Information Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, and the then Deputy Sports Minister, Dr. Omane Boamah, sued Jake Obetsebi Lamptey at the Supreme Court accusing him of abusing his office by acquiring public property for personal gain.
The Supreme Court subsequently ruled in favour of Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, and ordered government to hand over keys to the bungalow.
The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry at the time, Nii Lantey Vanderpuije, was occupying the house.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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NII your Ga is interestingly sweet. Am3 na nitsumo anokwale!!!
Eject John Mahama and his family from the house immediately. It is unconstitutional and must not be tolerated. What at all is in the house that he does not want to vacate? Presidential Bungalow is Presidential Bunglow Period. That kind of sympathy HE and HIS NDC people wants from the ordinary tax payer must not be tolerated. Long live Ghana and Long Live the Ordinary tax payer.
Why so much illiteracy? Why do we have such falsehood being perpetuated? Is Mahama asking that as a retirement package or offering to buy it? What a pity reading such issues on BBC!! We may think we are disgracing Mahama but to a larger extent, but we are disgracing ourselves as a nation. Is the man entitled to a house or not? Some argument simply tells you, MAHAMA is to be disgraced period!!! He should pack out and be allocated a new house.... Why so much hatred? With the insults and name callings after all these years, we are still at it whiles he is left office too? A ROD USED ON BAAH WILL BE KEPT AND USED ON TAKYI we should bare this in mind!!!
Luloi naa ame, ame na nitsumo. ***barred word*** PEOPLE.