The National organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has accused the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of betraying former President, John Mahama by creating brouhaha over his request for a retirement home.
Kofi Adams said the NPP government had agreed to allow Mahama keep the Cantonments residence but then publicly denied it.
Speaking on Eyewitness news, Mr Adams said both sides of the transition team, led jointly by John Mahama and Nana Akufo-Addo agreed in the presence of some witnesses for Mahama to keep the government bungalow as his retirement home.
He explained that the President was asked to formally write to request for the property as was done in a December 16th letter signed by former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah on behalf of the President, but the NPP betrayed the former President by suggesting he wrote the letter of his own accord.
“According to what we are being told now, it means the outgoing government do not have the mandate to determine where to settle a former President, but constitutionally we are to settle a former President,” Kofi Adams said.
“It wasn’t as if President Mahama just wanted it. It was an agreement not just between the two of them, there were witnesses and so it tells you the bad fate that we are have been talking about… If this is the way we are going to run Ghana, then Ghana is in trouble,” he added.
Mahama withdraws request to keep bungalow
Former President John Mahama has withdrawn his request to keep his official residence as his retirement home.
The President in a letter addressed to the new government on Tuesday, said, he found it important to move out of the building to avoid marring the spirit of cooperation between the two sides of the transition teams.
President Mahama’s request to keep the bungalow, contrary to the approved recommendations set by the Prof.
Dora Francisca Edu- Buandoh committee on Emoluments and Conditions of Service for Article 71 office holders, has created a public uproar, with many Ghanaians accusing the President of blatantly trying to acquire more than what has been approved for him by the state.
Residence approved as my retirement package
The President in a subsequent statement, said his decision to maintain the state residence he occupied while in office, was approved by the new government led by Nana Akufo-Addo as well as Parliament.
We’ve not approved Mahama’s request
But President Nana Akufo-Addo’s side of the transition team in a rebuttal, said the government is yet to approve former President Mahama’s request to keep his the property, contrary to Mr. Mahama’s statement.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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kofi adams what do you think you are. your real name is kofi adamu, what are your qualifications to say that you are not impress with Nana Addo's appoinment with his ministers. thank your star that you were re-instated by your party. you cannot get near the appointees. you have enrich your self with campaign money.
After all the bad things Kofi Adams did to the late president I wonder how and why the flagstaff house helped him to win the national organising position of the ndc. It was very unfortunate because we had a hard working and strategies national organiser. The bucks stop with the leader who was the ex president Mahama
KOFI, WITH ALL THE EDUCATION YOU HAVE, YOU ARE NOT BEING USEFUL TO THE NATION. FORMER PRESIDENT, J. J. RAWLINGS, SACKED YOU AS HIS SPOKESMAN BECAUSE OF SUCH LOW MENTAL CAPACITY. YOUR IQ IS VERY LOW SO SEEK GOOD COUNSEL BEFORE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH IN PUBLIC.
KOFI ADAMS JUST GO MASTERBATE BY YOURSELF because ; YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET !!!!!!!; WAIT TILL NANA ADDO STARTS DREDGING THE 'KORLE LAGOON' FOR ALL NDC CREATE LOOT AND SHARE LOOTERS HEADED BY ALI BABA JON MAHAMA AND THE 40 NDC THIFFS !!!!!!! ; KOFI ADAMS DO YOU THINK IT IS IN THE GIFT OF JON MAHAMA ; NANA ADDO AND THE ASHANTHENE TO COOK UP DEALS BEHIND CLOSE DOORS TO SHARE THE ASSETS OF THE STATE ; YOU COME TO SERVE GHANA YOU DO NOT COME TO STILL FROM GHANAIIANS AND ACQUIRE ILLEGAL WEALTH FOR YOUR FAMILY BESIDES IS THE ASHANTHENE AN ESTATE AGENT TO LOOK FOR A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FOR JON MAHAMA BESIDES DID NOT JON MAHAMA HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE WHEN HE WENT INTO POLITICS ; WHAT KIND OF EVIL GREEDINES IS THIS FROM THE FAMILY OF JON MAHAMA CONDONED BY THE ASHANTEHENE -WHY ?!!!!!!NANA ADDO SHOULD VERY CAREFUL OF THIS JON MAHAMA KROOK BECAUSE THIS MAN CAN BRING DISGRACE TO NANA ADDO !!!!!!!; CAN YOU IMAGINE NANA ADDO BEING LABELLED CORRUPT AT THE END OF HIS $ YEARS !!!!!!!IT WILL BE A SHAME !!!!!!!
These politicians behave as if Ghanaians beg them occupy political positions.After taking outrageous salaries without tax and almost everything free plus abnormal ESB they want to go home with govt properties too.They dont have conscience looking at the level of poverty in this country.
Is Kofi Adams thinking right? That property is not for Nana Addo or NPP to give away. Ghanaians say no and that is what Kofi Adams should apply his mind to.
Mahama and NDC wanted to stampede the new government, but Ghanaians will have none of that. as transition President, Mahama did not even respect the interest of the incoming government and continued making key decisions til the last hour! And he wanted the bungalow as icing on top of it all. Ah, I wanted to look away from the Ford and Bugri Naabu matters, but your effort to 'seize' this prime government property was naught, naught, naught! plane daylight .... Greeed is not a good thing.
Ahhhhhh! what is wrong with these NDC guys? They are still thinking about how best they can still S'TEAL from the state. Is Akuffo Addo the constitution ? You when they were in opposition they told you guys that you don't read and even when you guys read you don't understand and am surprise you(NDC) keep exhibiting your ignorance. NDC with this kind of attitude your CREATE,LOOT AND SHARE that will be taken to COURT go suffer O'. Nana Addo am still waiting for the SPECIAL PROSECUTOR. WOYOME MONEY + INTEREST = NURSES & TEACHERS ALAWA.
Kofi, go and sleep and forget about this residence issue. Its constitutionally wrong even for Mahama to request to keep that house in principle. That house is meant for sitting vice Presidence and does not augur well for a President to keep it. Mahama is just greedy.
He hasn't seen nothing yet! Looter brigade seeking to take our houses in addition to all that they've stolen. John Mahama and his cohorts are truly corrupt looters. This should never happen to Ghana anymore.