Mustapha Gbande, Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency
The Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, Mustapha Gbande, has accused the Akufo-Addo government of neglecting the Jubilee House, leading to its deterioration.
According to him, due to mismanagement and neglect by the previous administration, Ghana’s presidential palace has fallen into a state of decline and disrepair.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM, Mustapha Gbande, who is also the Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), expressed shock that individuals believed to be highly educated could reside in such an unkempt environment at the Presidency.
“…God will punish all of them. When you visit the Jubilee House now, you would ask yourself: were human beings living there? The entire Jubilee House has been reduced to nothing—very dirty, unkempt, misused, and lacking maintenance. Everything is in a mess at the seat of the President. That is where President Akufo-Addo operated from until January 7. I can describe it as a filthy place.”
He continued: “You would ask yourself, year in and year out, as the presidential budget ballooned at the expense of the ordinary taxpayer, what were they doing? The gardening is poor, the painting is neglected, the lighting is inadequate, and the furniture is misused. The entire building is unkempt. You would wonder: were intellectuals occupying the Jubilee House? People who wore Louis Vuitton suits, expensive watches, and luxury bags—people with a taste for dollars—were they the ones operating from the Presidency?”
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