Former President, John Mahama has moved out of the government bungalow he occupied at Cantonments in Accra.
A photo of the former President’s daughter, Farida standing infront of what was described as a “carton box”, with the caption; “Moving takes a lot of packing and labelling. Farida’s carton box caught my eye” posted on Instagram, suggested John Mahama was relocating.
The Greater Accra Regional organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu had earlier confirmed that the President had moved from his official residence.
He told Citi News the former President was now living in his private residence. “Today [Saturday] was the final day for him and his family to vacate that premises and that was done by close of day and it shows he is not the kind of person that lacks a place of abode. He has finally packed out of the government bungalow and his now living at his private residence.”
“For a person of his nomenclature he has several personal buildings that he occupies but for now I know he is living around the Kawukudi enclave which is around the Gold House and that is where he will be residing for the moment until further notice,”
Mr Nukpenu added. Mahama, through a letter signed by the former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, dated 19th December 2016, informed the new government, New Patriotic Party (NPP) that he wanted to keep the Presidential residence as his retirement home, and made a request for some adjoining properties to be given to him as his office.
The request, which was 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, 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. Mahama who recently withdrew an earlier request to keep the property as his retirement home left the premises before the close of day, Saturday, January 14, 2017.
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