{"id":337510,"date":"2017-01-11T11:49:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/01\/11\/mahama-withdraws-request-to-keep-cantonment-residence\/"},"modified":"2017-01-11T11:49:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T11:49:31","slug":"mahama-withdraws-request-to-keep-cantonment-residence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/01\/11\/mahama-withdraws-request-to-keep-cantonment-residence\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama withdraws request to keep Cantonment residence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former President John Mahama has withdrawn a request to keep his Cantonment residence as a retirement package following public controversy over his choice.<\/p>\n<p>A letter sighted by Myjoyonline.com has the President&#8217; signature confirming he will not keep the house at the No.3 Prestige Link at Cantonment in Accra as part of his retirement package.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/3367772320751_7682441794727.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sources say the letter came after the two leaders &#8211; Mahama and Akufo-Addo reached a mutual understanding on the Cantonment residence which as attracted huge controversy on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The President has been living at the Cantonment residence for some eight years. He first occupied the House reserved for Vice-Presidents and continued to used the House after he became President<\/p>\n<p>He never used the official residene built for the President inside the Flagstff House, the seat of government.<\/p>\n<p>By law, the country is expected to house its ex-presidents but it does not allow the ex-president to stay in the house he occupied before handing over.<\/p>\n<p>A December 19, 2016 letter signed by the former Chief of Staff Julius Debrah said John Mahama would like the incoming administration to give him the &#8220;No 3, Prestige Link, Cantonment together with the adjoining facilities\u00a0as his official retirement home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This request has made many critics angry some of whom have cited the law and previous national events as their defence.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidential Transition (Amendment) Act 2016 states the outgoing President is required to vacate his official bungalow one month before swearing-in of the new President. If he fails to do so, the Administrator General is empowered to forcefully evict him.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the swearing-in the ex-president had not vacated the premises only for the December 19 letter to be made public.<\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson of the NPP transition team Kojo Oppong Nkrumah told Joy News there was no agreement with Mahama to keep the House.<\/p>\n<p>He said last Monday the new government had received a request which it was considering. He said a decision will be communicated at the shortest possible time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President John Mahama has withdrawn a request to keep his Cantonment residence as a retirement package following public controversy over his choice. A letter sighted by Myjoyonline.com has the President&#8217; signature confirming he will not keep the house at the No.3 Prestige Link at Cantonment in Accra as part of his retirement package. 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