{"id":283458,"date":"2017-01-11T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=283458"},"modified":"2017-01-11T06:00:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T06:00:22","slug":"ghanaians-upset-with-mahama-over-retirement-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/ghanaians-upset-with-mahama-over-retirement-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians upset with Mahama over retirement home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Ghanaians have been expressing their displeasure with former President John Mahama for requesting to keep his official residence as part of his retirement package.<\/p>\n<p>The former president made a request to keep Bungalow No.3 in Cantonments, Accra, which is the official residence for Vice Presidents, and its adjoining facilities.<\/p>\n<p>He also wants Bungalow No.6 at Ridge as his office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mahama is using this residence controversy to distract us from demanding our money. We won&#39;t budge.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eliseu el Dragao (@Sobolo_Ranger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sobolo_Ranger\/status\/818402158622150656\">January 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mahama must pack his toys into a cute Ghana-must-go and leave the residence <br \/>We can&#39;t kowtow to ur demands<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mahamamustgo?src=hash\">#Mahamamustgo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chelsea&#39;s Zion Gee (@Ziongee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ziongee\/status\/818705363633668096\">January 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ghanaians will b disappointed if Nana Addo gives vice president residence to Mahama as ex gratia .He shd live the place immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nasam Joshua Kwabena (@NasamJoshua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasamJoshua\/status\/816217709503508480\">January 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The only ex-president who want to acquire the official residence of the second in command. Mr.Mahama&#39;s greediness is too deep!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bonti Benjamin (@bonti_benjamin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonti_benjamin\/status\/818406773262524420\">January 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mahama in 2013 said no minister will be allowed to buy a state house. <br \/>Mahama in 2017 wants to keep Vice President&#39;s residence. <br \/>Patriot!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kantong  (@SulleyGH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SulleyGH\/status\/818405185466798080\">January 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nana govt shd make mistake given vice president residence to Mahama. No we will not accept that.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nasam Joshua Kwabena (@NasamJoshua) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasamJoshua\/status\/816181701814652928\">January 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Femelda.bempong%2Fposts%2F1315447011832285&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"339\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whiles several Ghanaians have largely condemned the development on social media, a few of them who\u00a0spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> on the President\u2019s request, said granting his request would not be prudent.<\/p>\n<p>One citizen said \u201cPresident Mahama hasn\u2019t done the nation any good. If he was patriotic, he would put the nation first. If every state institution or state property was to be handled in such a way that when you are leaving office, because you like it, you take it, I don\u2019t think we are going to have anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is wrong that the official residences will be taken up entirely by those people who retire from office. A provision should be made so that the government builds specific accommodation for them so that it will be at a cost that is reasonable for the government,\u201d one person\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to a cross section of Ghanaians voicing their opinions below<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/301829498&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sixth Parliament, before its dissolution, approved that the former President be given a\u00a0house as part of his package as a former office holder.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite recommendations made by the Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh\u00a0committee tasked to review emoluments of Article 71 office holders.<\/p>\n<p>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>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Ghanaians have been expressing their displeasure with former President John Mahama for requesting to keep his official residence as part of his retirement package. 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