[ 2017-01-23 ]

Giving Ex-Presidents State Homes 'Immoral' – Nunoo-Mensah
A former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed
Forces, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah, has said
it is "morally reprehensible" and an "immoral act"
for a small and relatively poor country like Ghana
to be giving state properties to former state
officials including presidents as part of their
retirement package.

“Did Americans do that: give their presidents a
place to live? Obama I am told was buying a house
in Washington. But is America obliged to give him
a place of residence? Why should we do it? I mean
if America, which is ten times richer than us, is
not giving their presidents [state houses, then
why should we do it?]” Brig Gen Nunoo-Mensah
told Moro Awudu on Class91.3FM’s Executive
Breakfast Show on Monday, 23 January.

His comments come in the wake of a recent
controversy regarding former president John
Mahama’s request to keep the state property he
occupied while in office, as part of his
retirement package.

“I’m sure that if President Mills had lived
and finished the eight years, I know him very
well, he won’t go and get a state house, he will
go and live in some small house at Spintex road.
So, it depends on the integrity of the people we
are talking about,” Brig Gen Nunoo-Mensah said.

He said instead of politicians grabbing state
properties for themselves, they should rather
empathise with the poor, ordinary taxpayer by
being moderate. “We should have sympathy for our
suffering people; the elections we just had told
us many things. …Those who are coming
shouldn’t think that they can come and do
whatever they like. Ghanaians have changed and
they will change again if they don’t meet their
needs, which are plenty …” he urged.
 

 

Source - classfmonline.com

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