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 Nana make any move to give the house to Mahama, he will smell paper. Have we forgotten former president Kuffour, what happened to him during his retirement from office. Mahama should go to heal, no house for him
If this is the politics and party we voted for and that matter the president then i quit politics
This is ridiculous and unacceptable. Nana should not allow this to happen as he has promise to protect the public purse. Dr. Bawumia should immediately move there and if he doesn't have any where, he should either go to Bole bamboi or Dubai.
Nana and npp should be bigger than this trap
Nana do not make such a mistake !!! The NDC people know they have no moral / legal right to make such an opportunistic request !!!
Nana I believe you are smart enough to skip this trap, A word to the is enough.
john mahama should rather go for the one given to akua donkor, period
I will be disappointed in my president, Nana Addo, if he allows frm Prz Mahama to own the state residence he used whilst he was the president. It is a very bad precedent to set where public officials always want to convert state asset to their private use. It smart of corruption
This kind of 'EVIL BEGGING' and HYPOCRACY AND USING THE BIBLE TO FULL PEOPLE SHOULD BE STOPPED IN ITS TRACK BY NANA ADDO !!!!!!!!!!; BESIDES NANA ADDO IS A LAWYER KNOWS THE LAW AND SHOULD APPLY THE LAW : HE SHOULD NOT COMPROMISE ON THE LAW FOR JON MAHAMA ;KUFFOUR LIVES IN HIS OWN HOUSE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED HIS BENEFIT OF A HOUSE SO WHY SHOULD WE BEND TO RULES FOR JON MAHAMA : WHY HAS HE INVESTED ABROAD AND CANNOT BUILD A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF : JON MAHAMA HAS A HOUSE IN GHANA BUT WISHES TO RENT OUT HIS OWN BUILDING WHILST ENJOYING THE STATE HOUSE : THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN BY NANA ADDO : JON BOADU IS RIGHT PEOPLE WILL NOT FORGIVE NANA ADDO AND THE GOOD WILL FOR NANA ADDO WILL DISAPPEAR !!!!!!!!FROM THE PEOPLE DO NOT DO IT !!!!!
This is selfishness and greediness on the part of the ex president.JM tease na tu