{"id":411184,"date":"2017-08-12T13:23:31","date_gmt":"2017-08-12T13:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/12\/cronies-girlfriends-of-public-officials-face-ejection-from-govt-bungalows\/"},"modified":"2017-08-12T13:23:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-12T13:23:31","slug":"cronies-girlfriends-of-public-officials-face-ejection-from-govt-bungalows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/12\/cronies-girlfriends-of-public-officials-face-ejection-from-govt-bungalows\/","title":{"rendered":"Cronies, girlfriends of public officials face ejection from gov’t bungalows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Works and Housing Minister says cronies and girlfriends of some public officials are occupying state bungalows without paying rent.<\/p>\n

Samuel Atta-Akyea says there is an ongoing audit of such properties and those who fail to justify paying their rent will be kicked out in the three months.<\/p>\n

He told Joy News\u00a0information he has gathered is that some\u00a0people occupying the apartments are not qualified to be there.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of them could be the girlfriends of some people. You will be shocked to hear the kind of funny stuff going on in governmental circles, which is not good for the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, the rent will enable government put up other houses for others to benefit from.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot have a situation where you will take the government for granted so we will certainly evict them,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He added that some officials are \u201ceven proud to say this is my nephew, let him live there for free\u201d when the person does not work with for example the Health Ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile doctors and nurses are marking time looking for accommodation. The audit will bring all these to bear and those there will be surcharged, he said.<\/p>\n

His comments follow the response of Director of Public Works Department (PWD) to a question when he appeared before Parliament\u2019s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Thursday.<\/p>\n

He said over \u00a294,650 debt owed the state by tenants occupying PWD houses have been recovered, assuring the committee that outstanding defaulters have pledged \u201cthat they will quickly come and settle.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Works and Housing Minister bemoaned how people treat government property shabbily without noting that they are part of government.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see how any landlord will permit tenants to reside\u00a0in their property without paying the requisite rent,\u201d he said adding\u00a0the enforcement of the laws has largely been the problem.<\/p>\n

Urging people to respect government business,\u00a0he said\u00a0it is not asking for too much to demand that people pay the requisite rent if they want to live in government houses.<\/p>\n

Mr Atta-Akyea explained that the Ministry an ultimatum\u00a0because the law stipulates that people should be given 90 days to get a new place and also because the Ministry is adding a human face to the evictions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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