Acting General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has vowed to stage a 'one-man demo' against President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo if he allows former President John Dramani Mahama to keep his Cantonments official residence as part of his retirement package.
According to him, the President "must not allow" any such move whatsoever, since the NDC-led government denied Ex-President Kufour similar benefits.
In an interview on NEAT FM’s morning show 'Ghana Montie', he said he will speak against the move if Nana Addo’s led government accept Mahama’s request.
Former President John Dramani Manama is reported to have requested to be allowed to retain his official bungalow he occupied as Vice President and later President as his ex gratia.
A member of the NDC's Transition Team, Hannah Tetteh reportedly told the media yesterday that Parliament has already given the 'all-clear' signal to the former President to owe the residential facility as part of his end of service benefit – but Kojo Oppong Nkrumah who speaks for the new government's side of the transition team and also MP for Ofoase-Ayirebi, stressed there was a request from President John Mahama, asking permission to keep the residence but a decision had not been reached.
A December 19, 2016 letter signed by the former Chief of Staff Julius Debrah said John Mahama would like the incoming administration to give him the "No 3, Prestige Link, Cantonment together with the adjoining facilities as his official retirement home."
This request has made many critics angry some of whom have cited the law and previous national events as their defence.
The Presidential Transition (Amendment) Act 2016 states the outgoing President is required to vacate his official bungalow one month before swearing-in of the new President. If he fails to do so, the Administrator General is empowered to forcefully evict him.
Two days after the swearing-in the ex-president is yet to vacate the premises only for the December 19 letter to be made public.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah disclosed that, "in the shortest possible time", the new government will take a decision on the request made by former President Mahama.
But even before the dust could settle on that brouhaha, Founder and former President of the African University College of Education, Kojo Yankah has called on the Akufo-Addo-led administration not to endorse the action saying "The precedence is dangerous and should not be allowed to stand."
However, John Boadu fear the request if granted could inflame passions among the electorates who secured victory for the party in the December 7 polls.
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If citizens treating a whole FMR PREZ like this, why are expecting Yayha Jameh,Youweri Mouseveni and co to leeave power....Africans have smal brain..!!!!
These guys don't learn at all. Do you think Ghanaians voted for npp to come and be similarly arrogant like the Ndc appointees. Ghanaians wants cool heads hence voting for npp, therefore if you go this way coup de tat could take you out.
GOD BLESS YOU JOHN BOADU.I WILL JOIN YOU IN THAT DEMO.HOW CAN AKUFFO ADDO GIVE GREEDY BASTARD WANT HE WANTS AS EX-GRATIA.WE WILL GIVE HIM ONE AT BOLE.I WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NANA ADDO IF HE GIVES HIM THAT HOUSE AND HE WILL LOSE MY VOTE IN 2020.
My worry is why Mahama wants this egg on his face when at a time he could press a button and Madam Akua Donkor is given 2 cars and a descent home.Under Mahama , any associate could easily get a V8 as a gift. why does he wants to drag his name through this plead of his ? I cant think farrr heeehhhh?
DONT SELL YOUR BIRTHRIGHT AKKUFO ADDO AKUFFO ADDO YETU WOFO A TIE. DONT SELL YOUR BIRTH RIGHT. YOU KNOW THAT STORY IN THE BIBLE. ESSAU SAID IT WAS NOTHING TO SELL HIS BIRTHRIGHT TO JACOB AND IT TOOK THE BLESSING OF GOD AWAY FROM HIM TO THE PERSON HE SOLD THAT BIRTHRIGHT, JACOB. TO LEAVE MAHAMA TO STAY IN THE HOUSE HE LIVED AS PRESIDENT WOULD MEAN LEAVING THE PRESIDENCY UNDER HIS SPIRITUAL SPELL. YOU WILL FAIL AND FALL TO HIS FEET. AND ALL THE ACCUSATION LEVELED AGAINST MAHAMA WILL COME BACK TO YOU. YOU WILL COMPETE WITH HIM AS WHO IS THE WORST PRESIDENT OF GHANA IN SPITE OF THE RICH HUMAN RESOURCES OF NPP. YOU ARE NOTED FOR BEING PRINCIPLED AND MANY GHANAIANS HAVE ALWAYS STOOD BY YOU BECAUSE OF THAT. YOUR TRUMP-CARD AS AKKUFO ADDO IS NOTHING BUT BEING PRINCIPLED.YOU HAVE NOTHING TO GIVE TO GHANA IF YOU LOOSE THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR TEST OF YOUR TRUE CHARACTER. IF YOU FAIL YOU ARE DOOMED FOR EVER. BE A MAN AKKUFO ADDO AND CALL A SPADE A SPADE. BEWARE OF WHERE THE TEMPTATION IS COMING FROM. DONT BE FOOOOOOOOL TO THINK THAT MAHAMA IS YOUR FRIEND. HE IS LIKE THE SNAKE WHO CUNNINGLY DECEIVED ADAM AND EVE TO FALL, JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF THEIR LIFE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. THE APPROACH OF MAHAMA TO YOU IS OF NO DIFFERENCE. BE WISE AND SHINE YOUR EYES.MA WANI NNA HO PLEASE, BE SMART. I DONT THINK IT IS YOUR INTENTION TO RECEIVE A SIMILAR TREATMENT IF YOU LEAVE OFFICE SO WHAT DO YOU LOOSE AKKUFO ADDO IF YOU LISTEN TO GHANAIANS AND ACT RIGHTLY. WHY DO YOU TIE YOURSELF TO THIS CORRUPT LEGACY OF MAHAMA, WHICH GHANAINAS OVERWHELMINGLY DISAPPROVED. IT IS NEVER RIGHT FOR OUTDOING PRESIDENT TO ALLOCATE TO HIMSELF THE PRESIDENTIAL HOUSE WHICH HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO HIM BY THE STATE AS HIS HOME DURING HIS TENURE OF OFFICE. COULD HE HAVE LIVE IN THE HOUSE IF THE PERSON WHO LIVED THERE BEFORE HIM HAD ALLOCATED IT TO HIMSELF. AND WOULD HE AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAVE AGREED. JESUS SAID "DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE OTHERS TO DO TO YOU. PLEASE, AKKUFO ADDO, WE VOTED FOR YOU TO STOP MAHAMA CANKER AND NOT TO GIVE A BLESSING TO IT TO PERPETUATE IT. YETU WOFO TIE.
Ex President Mahama is very greedy. Our president please don't accept this greedy request else you will also be a four year term president.
Nana should exhibit his incorruptibility n not condone any illegality by accepting mahama's request. How would we feel if some president decides to retain the jubilee house as his exgratia when leaving. Don't set a bad precedent Pres Nana Akuffo Addo.
U think u can control nana eh? Haahaha, u chop wrong meat.
NO PRESIDENT IN GHANA APART FROM RAWLING HAS CLAIM A HOUSE. NOT NKRUMA, NOT ACHEAMPONG NOT LIMAN NOT KUFFUOR NOT MILLS. IT IS ONLY RAWLINGS WHO CLAIMED A HOUSE. HE CAME BY A COUP D'ETAT HE WAS A TEENAGER AND A PAUPER. WHEN HE WAS LEAVING POWER HE WAS THE RICHEST MAN IN GHANA. BUT AS A PRETENDER AND SANCTIMONIOUS HE PRETENDED HE HAS NOTHING SO HE TOOK A STATE HOUSE. KUFUOR WHO SUCCEEDED DID NOT TAKE A HOUSE. MILLS DIED AND COULD NOT CLAIM A HOUSE. MAHAMA IS TAKING A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF LIKE RAWLINGS. IS IT OUT OF GREEDY OR BEING A PAUPER. HE WAS READY TO GIVE CARS AND MONEY TO BUGRI NAABU WHICH COULD BUILD A HOUSE. INSIPETE OF ALL HIS CORRUPTION HE IS STILL A POOR MAN. WHAT AN EMPTINESS OF A GREEDY LIFE.
Please can the editor check the spelling of Mahama(Manama) in the third paragraph? thank you