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Photos of $14 million vice president's house

Tuesday, February 07, 2017 at 8:01 AM by Samuel Obour 1 min read

The vice-President's official residence, which is under construction at Cantonments in Accra, has been in the news lately following a stinging criticism of the building's cost by Vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia.

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Photos of $14 million vice president's house

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Bawumia told a forum in Accra recently that was shocked when he heard that the Mahama administration had budgeted $13.9 million to construct the building.

Blaming sole sourcing of the house's contract for what he called its exorbitant price, Bawumia angrily questioned whether the house was going to be made of gold.

"Can you believe in Ghana we are building a house to house our vice president and this house is supposed to cost US$13.9million? I mean what sort of house is this supposed to be? I mean is the gate made of gold, the pavement of gold, the blocks of gold?” he said.

However, officials of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have denied that $13.9 million was budgeted for the house.

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NDC General Secretary Asiedu Nketia said only $3.5 million was budgeted for the house.

Source: YEN.com.gh

Authors:

Samuel Obour (Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief) Samuel Obour has 12 years of experience in print and digital journalism. He graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2010. He began his career at Graphic Communications Group Limited, where he worked with The Mirror, the Daily Graphic, and Graphic.com.gh. Samuel has been with yen.com.gh since 2016. He can be reached via samuel.obour@yen.com.gh.

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