withdrawn his request<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for the residence, among other facilities,\u00a0a move Mr. Ahi commended.<\/p>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”RzgEpcaE9kFQQlhGzLIDcYfphy1AAhMx”]The President had earlier maintained that his decision to keep the state residence he occupied while in office, was approved by the new government led by President Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Duke Mensah Opoku in Parliament on Wednesday, the Bodi MP also noted that \u201cthe request letter was issued as a result of an agreement reached amongst the transition team [which compromises of both the current and outgone government]\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cBut the way it was put in the media indicates that there was no agreement, and the agenda is to disgrace him as former President,\u201d Mr. Ahi intimated.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if he has withdrawn, the only thing that I can say is that, the NPP government under Nana Akufo-Addo, has decided to disgrace the President so to avoid the disgrace, he[Mahama] had to withdraw\u2026 we needn\u2019t have come into this situation but for the agenda which is best known to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former President\u2019s request to keep his accommodation, which incited widespread public outcry, was approved unanimously by Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n
This was contrary to the approved recommendations set by the Professor Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh\u00a0committee on Emoluments and Conditions of Service for Article 71 office holders.<\/p>\n
The committee recommended that the former President not should\u00a0be given a house in Accra and another location of his choice outside the capital as had been the norm but instead be given 40 percent of his salary to be paid monthly.<\/p>\n
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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