Ex-President Kufour moves out of Ridge office
By Awudu Salami Sule,
Ghanadot
Accra, June 9, Ghanadot - Before
leaving office on January 7 2009, former President Kuffour
acquired an office at Ridge, a suburb of Accra and his
intention was to use the place as his private office.
But, the former president’s occupation of the building
engendered bitter public debates as parties took sides to
either castigate him for taking national property allegedly
without following proper procedure or defend his action
because he deserved it and that the state was going to
provide him an office any way.
Several groups, including the Ga-Dangme Youth, Minority in
Parliament, Ga-Dangme Forward Movement, Osu Traditional
Council and the Patriots for the Protection of Western
Region Heritage all joined in the debate over the propriety
or otherwise of the acquisition.
The debate became intense when the National Security Co-ordinator,
Col. Larry Gbevlo Lartey revealed that the building belonged
to his outfit and questioned the former president's
automatic right to it.
Ghanadot can confirm that, former President Kufour has
today handed over the keys to the state bungalow to National
security officers and would be operating from his private
residence.
Ghanadot
