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A senior citizen, Kwadwo Hagan has appealed to the government to utilize the Presidential Palace for its intended purpose because it was built at the expense of the taxpayer.
He noted that the continuous neglect of the facility does not augur well for the country, adding that government should make the necessary arrangements to use the facility.
Making the appeal at a luncheon held by the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council in Koforidua for senior citizens in the region to mark the Republic Day, he noted that the facility was too expensive and that there was no excuse for its neglect.
Mr. Hagan, who is a retired civil servant, said it was a known fact that the Presidential Palace was built by the former government and indeed was completed just before its exit, but the credit belonged to the nation and “not to the one who built it or the one who used it.”
He said the kind of politics in which governments want to be given credit for developmental projects is not good and healthy for “our young democracy and progress.”
Mr. Hagan also mentioned the affordable housing projects, which had been abandoned and cited the Koforidua Effiduase project, which he said had been encroached upon by criminals, and wondered why such a national project, which the people needed so badly could be left in that state.
He wondered why the government wanted to pursue the STX deal that sought to provide thousands of accommodation for the security services when nothing was being done about the affordable housing, which is also meant to provide accommodation.
GNA
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