[ 2017-02-01 ]

Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia

Did Bawumia lie about $13.9 million Veep building?
Following Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's
accusation that the NDC government was to spend
US$13million on the former’s edifice, it has
emerged that no such monies were approved by the
erstwhile Mahama government.

Close sources to the former Vice President Amissah
Arthur's office and subsequently confirmed by
former senior officers at National Security have
indicated that President Mahama's government only
approved a little over US$5million for the
project.

The whopping amount of $13million being thrown
about remains a proposal from the Architectural
Engineering Services Limited (AESL) and reliable
information suggests the previous government
questioned the justification for the price
variation on account of which no such payments
were effected.

While speaking at the Action Chapel Good Corporate
Governance Initiative earlier, Dr. Bawumia had
indicated that the $13million was disclosed as the
amount owed the contractor who was assigned to
undertake the project.

The Vice President who was upset with the
revelation questioned the alleged decision by the
NDC government.

“I asked; how much is this house actually
costing and I was shocked when I was told. Can you
believe in Ghana we are building a house to house
our Vice President, and this house is supposed to
cost 13.9 million dollars?”

“I mean what sort of a house is this supposed to
be? Is the gate made of gold? The pavement of
gold?

The blocks of gold? A house in Ghana for 13.9
million dollars? I could not believe it.

Source - GhanaWeb.com

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