Government will save some money if it scraps the policy of providing free accommodation for public officers, a former Commissioner of Commission on Human Rights and Adminstrative Justice (CHRAJ) Emile Short has said.<\/p>\n
He was commenting on the CHRAJ Boss’, Lauretta Lamptey’s decision to spend about 200,00 dollars on rent alone this year.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”AZqNggWtKRgZVAxKPaX0gII4iZRRibFA”]Reports indicate even news of her rent and hotel sparked public outcry, the Commissioner is still lodging at a hote<\/strong>l<\/span><\/a>,where is paying 456 dollars a day.<\/p>\n Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Short advised government to rather pay government officials well enough for them to secure their own accommodation.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that its long overdue, the government should phase out this policy of providing accommodation for public officers and should just pay them their salaries\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is what the government should do, I think it will save government a lot of financial resources and it will public officials themselves if they are responsible for their own accommodation,\u201dthe former Commissioner maintained.<\/p>\n In a related development, Annoh Dompreh, \u00a0Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, has asked government to immediately\u00a0 provide alternative accomodation<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for Madam Lauretta Lamptey, and end her stay at the plush hotel she is currently occupying.<\/p>\n The president has been petitioned to impeach the CHRAJ boss over the cost of her accomodation and her performance. Presdient Mahama has since referred the matter to the Chief Justice.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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