{"id":103048,"date":"2015-03-27T14:55:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=103048"},"modified":"2015-03-27T14:55:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T14:55:25","slug":"mahama-must-check-his-facts-on-military-lands-sale-ex-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/mahama-must-check-his-facts-on-military-lands-sale-ex-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama must check his facts on military lands sale \u2013 Ex-officers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ex-military men accusing the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) of selling the Service\u2019s lands and properties to private developers have described the President\u2019s denial of the matter as \u201cunfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”kVWtJPVrZowzWW6SH4L3RgNifcNpybq0″]President John Mahama on Thursday during a working visit to the Western Region said the government and the leadership of the GAF are not selling<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>off military lands and properties.<\/p>\n

The President also mentioned that there have been ongoing discussions to use Public Private Partnership (PPP) to undertake several projects nationwide and advised the leadership of GAF to coordinate with the Lands Commission to get value for money on their partnership with the private developer.<\/p>\n

Lt Col. Serebour (Rtd) speaking for the group in an interview with Citi News<\/strong> said the President\u2019s comments were quite surprising since there is ample evidence to support their claims.<\/p>\n

He thus urged the President, who is also the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces to make further enquiries into the issue before making public pronouncements.<\/p>\n

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The ex-military officer argued that there is cause for grave concern if the President is fully aware of the GAF\u2019s deals with private developers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s now coming out from the President that what the top hierarchy of the Ghana Armed Forces is doing has the approval of the President and if that is the case, then it is quite unfortunate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President would have to come back again and we would have to look at the whole issue again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

According to him, it is not normal practice for the top hierarchy of the Ghana Armed Forces is to provide accommodation for troops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is not what some of us came to meet,\u201d he exclaimed, adding that \u201caccommodation for troops is supposed to be provided by the government of Ghana and not under any PPP programme.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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