{"id":283313,"date":"2017-01-10T05:55:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T05:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283313"},"modified":"2017-01-10T05:55:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T05:55:50","slug":"retirement-home-for-ex-presidents-a-vital-incentive-avedzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/retirement-home-for-ex-presidents-a-vital-incentive-avedzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement home for Ex presidents a vital incentive – Avedzi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parliament approved the provision of accommodation\u00a0for\u00a0the immediate past President, John Dramani Mahama, because it found it prudent that office holders such as Presidents, ought to be motivated in this manner in order for them to be committed in their service to the nation, Deputy Minority Leader in Parliament, James Avedzi has said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Avedzi\u2019s \u00a0remarks followed a statement from former President Mahama\u2019s office informing the new administration that he\u00a0will maintain his current residence<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0following discussions by the transition team.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”LHWN5LSWM9gI7IkhwrLdzJWWyVQQTCAE”]The statement also argued that\u00a0the sixth Parliament, before its dissolution, approved the former President\u00a0receiving a\u00a0house as part of his package as a former office holder.<\/p>\n

But the spokesperson of the current government on the transition team, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah in a Citi News<\/strong> interview, said there has been no approval given to the former president to keep the house.<\/p>\n

Assurance of accommodation<\/strong>\u00a0prudent<\/strong><\/p>\n

This notwithstanding, Mr. Avedzi explained on Eyewitness News<\/strong> that, Parliament was unanimous in its reasoning that it was prudent to reward an outgoing president with accommodation, given restraints that kept the office holder from improving\u00a0him or herself financially.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Parliament felt that denying the outgoing president accommodation \u201cwas not the best because you do that, people cannot give up their best to be president and somebody who is president can say; if don\u2019t make money now and build my own home when I leave, I will not be provided with accommodation,\u201d the legislator said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we thought that [a house] must be part of the provisions so that if I know I am a President today and I am serving this country, if\u00a0tomorrow I am no longer the President, at least the state can provide for my accommodation. It is an incentive for me to work harder and not think about finding a way to amass wealth in order to build my own home. This is the idea that Parliament used,\u201d Mr. Avedzi said.<\/p>\n

Conflict with committee recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n

It should be noted that the sixth Parliament\u2019s stance on the matter was in contrast to the recommendations made by the Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh\u00a0committee tasked to review emoluments of Article 71 office holders.<\/p>\n

The committee recommended that the former president should not be given a house in Accra and another location of his choice outside the capital as has been the norm but instead be given 40 percent of his salary to be paid monthly.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonlime.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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