After the unsuccessful attempt to appropriate his official residence as his end-of-service home, ex-President John Dramani Mahama has started packing his belongings out of No 3 Prestige Link – the official state bungalow at Cantonments – which he had occupied as vice president and president.
Mr Mahama is said to be relocating to the Airport Residential Area where he owns a property.
The residence is next to Gold House at Kawukudi where his brother, Ibrahim, also owns a house.
According to the Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, the former president will finish packing his personal effects by the close of today, after which he will deliver the keys of the official residence to the government.
The former first family’s continued stay at the official residence, despite handing over power to President Nana Akufo-Addo became the subject of public discourse, with Ghanaians agitating for Mahama’s eviction from the house.
This, they claimed, would allow Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the current vice president, to occupy the facility, which is meant for vice presidents.
Even though the NDC said that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) side of the Transition Team had agreed in principle to allow the former president and his family to occupy the residence, no documentary evidence had been provided, making the case difficult to appreciate.
In the heat of the controversy, former President Mahama wrote to the new government indicating his willingness to vacate the house.
“You would recall, Mr. President, that contrary to the erroneous impression created by some persons in government and the interpretation given to the former letter submitted on my behalf by Mr. Julius Debrah, this was a follow-up of an agreement we had on my choice of accommodation and office. I had never requested to purchase the property; my request is therefore humbly withdrawn,” the letter, signed by the former president and copied to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, said.
Mr Anthony Nukpenu confirmed on Asempa FM’s ‘Ekosii Sen’ programme yesterday that John Mahama had started packing out upon his return from Nigeria where he represented the Government of Ghana in the Gambian negotiations.
“He is no more there (house), he has started packing out…this started occurring upon his return from Nigeria…,” he said.
He said the former president would finish packing out of the building he had occupied for eight years by this weekend.
Thus, the ex-president would likely hand over the keys to the Akufo-Addo government by next week.
Touching on where he is moving to, Mr Nukpenu said he (ex-president) was likely going to move to a house near the Gold House at Kawukudi.
He said that the residence near the Gold House was the exact location the former president hosted minority Members of Parliament who paid a visit to him on Thursday
Source: Daily Guide
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Go and say that to Former President Kuffour, Nonseeeeeeese
@God Bless: The constitution did not mandate that a house should be given to John Mahama. The constitution only mandated John Mahama to set up a committee to determine his end of service benefits. Be clear on that. Any great leader worth his sort, and John Mahama is not one, would conduct himself in accordance with high ethical and moral standards. No body is saying that former Presidents do not deserve retirement benefits. On the contrary, we believe that every former president lives a comfortable life, but not a luxurious life, because the former president was not living the luxurious lifestyle before he became a president. Also, based on the mood of the country, and since the constitution envisages that the individual personality who is president will be of high ethical and moral eptitude, the President could have given specific instructions to the Ex-gratia committee members to take into consideration certain factors when making recommendations at the end of their work. He did not do that, but rather accepted the outrageous recommendations of the commission or committee. That is not a mark of a great leader.
No tears for Mahama! Greedy man.
He shouldn't have made the request in the first place for anyone to agree to it. It was absolutely wrong.How can parliament accept the Pro Boaundo's recommendation on December 28th and then meet again on January 5th to vary it to please John Mahama? These parliamentarians are fu*cked up. They are a rubber stamp of the government of the day. So shameful. This whole provision for article 71 office holders should be looked at seriously. Portions of it makes no sense.
mahama is just gre.e.dy.... a person who can accept a ford car as bribe....despite the large fleet of cars at his disposal as the president. he back dated his salaries... greeeed greeeed greeeed. he is simply greeeedy
You think you are smart,Ghanaians are smarter than you,walahi you are greedy
Pack to bole banboi greedy incompetent man....ashi ndc fuo ruff....!!!
You needed the house from Mahama, he has handed it over to you, chop it or cary it on your shoulders who cares? just leave Mahama in peace and ask your Nana to provide all the free free frees.Mahama old asked you if he could keep the house so the state would not spend addition moneys in building him a new house, you agreed and asked him to write a letter, he did as you requested only for you hypocrites to publish the letter in public to disgrace him. God has seen you all, you will see your ends. JM will live, your Nana's own will be worse
Thank god nana did not behave like opana did for the montie 3. though you might have earlier agreed but you did not succumb to the masses pressure. welldone nana
Mahama is a disgrace. He has a house at Dzorwulu. How did he buy this new airport house? Very corrupt man. Good riddance.