{"id":402683,"date":"2017-07-18T18:38:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/i-have-only-seen-paper-work-of-14m-veep-house-bawumia\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:38:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:38:42","slug":"i-have-only-seen-paper-work-of-14m-veep-house-bawumia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/i-have-only-seen-paper-work-of-14m-veep-house-bawumia\/","title":{"rendered":"I have only seen paper work of $14m Veep house \u2013 Bawumia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says he has not seen the controversial $14 million Vice President residence started by the past administration.<\/p>\n

He revealed the closest he has ever come to seeing the house expected to accommodate him was through paper work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no work going on,\u201d he told a gathering of news editors at the first media encounter with the President at the Flagstaff House Tuesday.<\/p>\n

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s meeting with media practitioners comes a week after he marked six-months in office on July 7.<\/p>\n

Sector by sector, the President talked about the many measures his government has put in place to revive the ailing economy and to address the unemployment situation.<\/p>\n

Sandwiched between the Vice President and some senior government officials at the event, the President said his government\u2019s success will be measured by the number of jobs created.<\/p>\n

The controversial Vice President\u2019s Cantonment residence was an issue at the media encounter.<\/p>\n

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Responding to a question on the status of the residence, Dr Bawumia said works have halted. \u201cThe whole issue has been the cost\u2026it has to be renegotiated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Vice President pulled punches at the past government when he discovered the cost of the structure started by the past National Democratic Congress (NDC) government was $13.9 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs the gate made of gold, pavement made of gold and blocks made of gold\u2026a house built in Ghana, I can\u2019t believe it,\u201d he told the media in February, 2017.<\/p>\n

Five months after the revelation, which triggered a huge controversy\u00a0between officials of the new government and its predecessor, the Vice President is advocating for renegotiation of the cost of the structure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt probably doesn\u2019t make sense for Ghana to [abandon] the house,\u201d Dr Bawumia cautioned, adding government will meet with the contractor to reconsider the cost.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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