{"id":283144,"date":"2017-01-09T12:33:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283144"},"modified":"2017-01-09T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:33:13","slug":"we-havent-approved-mahamas-bungalow-request-yet-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/we-havent-approved-mahamas-bungalow-request-yet-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"We haven\u2019t approved Mahama’s bungalow request yet \u2013 NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"
President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s side of the transition team has said the government is yet to approve former President Mahama\u2019s request to keep his current place of abode\u00a0as his retirement home.<\/p>\n
In a statement from Mr. Mahama\u2019s office, the former Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, duly informed the new administration that the former president will keep the facility<\/strong><\/span><\/a> following discussions by the Joint Transition team.<\/p>\n The statement also argued that, the sixth Parliament, before its dissolution, also approved that Mr. Mahama maintains the house as part of his retirement package.<\/p>\n But the spokesperson to Akufo-Addo\u2019s side of the transition team, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah in a Citi News<\/strong> interview, said there\u2019s no approval yet for the former president to keep the house.<\/p>\n \u201cThe former president has made a request, that request will be decided on and a decision will be communicated. As I speak to you, a decision is yet to be communicated on it. Mr. Omane Boamah\u2019s statement is that they in the previous administration took a decision and communicated that decision. Obviously that cannot be the case.\u201d<\/p>\n