Ms Lamptey has been accused of wasting $180,000 on rent after ordering the redesign of her official residence which has been under renovation for three years.<\/p>\n
But she has denied ordering new variations to be made to the house because according to her, the contractor was already on site undertaking renovation works when she took over as CHRAJ boss.<\/p>\n
She stated that the official residence was 10 years old and had some wiring problems; therefore, a renovation exercise became necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did not come in and choose not to live in this property,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Ms Lamptey said she lived at the rented apartment from November 2011 until April 2012 but was renewed in November 2012 after the Commission developed some problems with the contractor renovating her residence.<\/p>\n \u201cWe realized that there were financial challenges in terms of the existing contractor being given funds to continue his work. He had to stop work and we had to find money,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n She further explained that after the expiration of her one-year lease with her rented apartment, the Commission asked for a six-month renewal of her rent after a new contractor was employed to continue with the renovation of her official residence.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very confident that it would be done in six months time so instead of renewing for another year, we persuaded them to accept just the six months extension,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n She disclosed that as at April 2013, she was prepared to move into the uncompleted residence due to the amount of money being spent on the rented apartment.<\/p>\n “I was prepared to move into the uncompleted residence, if it could just be made habitable\u00a0due to the amount of money being spent on the rented apartment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Decision to move to a hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n The Commissioner of CHRAJ added that although the landlord of her rented apartment was willing to make her live there for an extra six months, she was quite adamant “because the house was nearly ready and we could not justify incurring the cost of another six months.”<\/p>\n “My family and I moved out in order to avoid the additional six months on the 9th<\/sup> of August and that is why I came to hotel” she said.<\/p>\n Ms Lamptey narrated that she is residing at the hotel “for one specific reason\u2026because any other option would have been detrimental. I checked in with my children for a few days and then we would access with CHRAJ what the situation was.”<\/p>\n She however admitted that paying $5,500 for the hotel is a high “but it is hugely discounted because they calculate by room per night. The rate that I am paying is the rate for a single room and it\u2019s me and my children. And what they [hotel] did was to upgrade us into an apartment not so much because I am the CHRAJ Commissioner, but when they found out there was going to be an extended stay after we had been here for a week, and the problem with electrical power had not been sorted out at my residence, they upgraded us at the same rate.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"The](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/CHRAJ-Residence.jpg\")
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