{"id":381108,"date":"2017-12-07T21:07:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=381108"},"modified":"2017-12-07T21:13:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-07T21:13:11","slug":"mahama-doesnt-own-military-land-nitiwul-is-reckless-mogtari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/mahama-doesnt-own-military-land-nitiwul-is-reckless-mogtari\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama doesn’t own military land; Nitiwul is ‘reckless’ – Mogtari"},"content":{"rendered":"
Former President John Dramani Mahama’s aide, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, has described as irresponsible and reckless claims by Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, that the land on which the former president’s residence is sited, belongs to the Ghana Armed Forces.<\/p>\n
In a strongly-worded statement which was released in the wake of the Minister’s comments, Joyce Bawah Mogtari stated emphatically that the former President had not taken possession of any land owned by the military.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3G0ELWfv8Liyo2BEdvOVhf4eK2da91u3″]The statement added that the property in which the former first family currently resides has been at the site for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe presume that the minister\u2019s irresponsible claim is in respect of the current residence of the former first family.\u00a0 President Mahama has not appropriated or acquired any land or property belonging to the military and which he is currently occupying.”<\/p>\n
“President Mahama has not appropriated or acquired any land or property belonging to the military and which he is currently occupying”, Joyce Mogtari stated.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Office is appalled at the minister’s unfounded accusation because any serious Defence Minister, with the Military Intelligence apparatus under him would know that President Mahama has no claim to the ownership of the land of the property in which he resides,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
The statement further clarified that, “the former president and his family as is commonly known, currently resides in a residential estate developed by a private real estate development company. The estate has been in existence for several years and the former first family lives peacefully with several Ghanaian and expatriate neighbours.”<\/p>\n
Dominic Nitiwul had demanded, when he addressed a Meet the Press session on Thursday, that John Mahama vacates the residence<\/strong><\/a><\/span> as it was sited on military land.<\/p>\n He criticized the previous administration for their poor handling of matters relating to the country’s armed forces, claiming that land belonging to the military had been sold off to government officials at the time.<\/p>\n