President Nana Akufo-Addo will never demand a state bungalow be given him as part of his retirement package after leaving office, a former Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah has said.
"I don't believe that Nana Akufo-Addo as president will retire and tell Ghanaians to give him a house. I've been with him and I know him very well, he has a lovely house and morally, I know him and he will stay there, I've eaten kenkey and pepper with him [and so I know him very well]. I can vouch for his integrity, he won't do it," Brig Gen Nunoo-Mensah said.
"Did Americans do that: give their presidents a place to live? Obama I am told was buying a house in Washington. But is America obliged to give him a place of residence? Why should we do it? I mean if America, which is ten times richer than us, is not giving their presidents [state houses, then why should we do it?]" Brig Gen Nunoo-Mensah told Moro Awudu on Class91.3FM's Executive Breakfast Show on Monday, 23 January.
His comments come in the wake of a recent controversy regarding former president John Mahama's request to keep the state property he occupied while in office, as part of his retirement package. The fact still remains that should former president John Mahama have requested for the bungalow at all?, this is the question many are asking.
source://www.peacefmonline.com
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