{"id":48305,"date":"2014-09-16T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=48305"},"modified":"2014-09-17T06:13:20","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T06:13:20","slug":"chraj-bungalow-was-in-good-condition-emile-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=48305","title":{"rendered":"CHRAJ bungalow was in good condition – Emile Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Emile Short, has stated that the official bungalow of the Commissioner was in a good condition when he moved out.<\/p>\n

He disclosed that if there was the need for any work to be carried on the facility, it would have been just painting.<\/p>\n

The current Commissioner of CHRAJ, Ms Lauretta Lamptey, has been accused of spending $180,000 on rent<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> at the AU Village at the expense of the State.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”HC2xaSeb59mgzaVVgdw3LnNOxDcr6Uac”]Since assuming office three years ago, Ms Lamptey is yet to move into her official residence which is still under renovation.<\/p>\n

Mrs Lamptey explained on the Citi Breakfast<\/b> show that she was willing to live in her uncompleted official bungalow<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> but said that it was unsafe to live in the building because it was over 10 years old and had some wiring problems; therefore, a renovation exercise became necessary.<\/p>\n

But speaking on Eyewitness News<\/b> on Tuesday, Justice Emile Short insisted that the bungalow was in good condition before he left.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I left the building, it was in quite good condition. When I entered the building in\u00a0 1999 it was a newly constructed building. I left in 2010. If there were any renovations to be done that would have have been painting and things like that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He added that “I find the amount \u00a0exorbitant and unusual.”<\/p>\n

Three years down the line, renovation work on the building is yet to be completed.<\/p>\n

\"CHRAJ-Residence\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Commission has been criticized for failing to address the growing number of corruption cases that have so far been revealed.<\/p>\n

A Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford on Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> the Big Issue<\/b> on Saturday called for the dismissal of the CHRAJ boss<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> describing her as incompetent.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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