Accommodation facilities at the residency of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council are rotting away, after years of neglect by the New Patriotic Party(NPP) administration.
About five houses, including the Regional Minister’s residency and the Presidential Lodge, were left unoccupied for eight years, leading to their deterioration.
The National Democratic Congress(NDC) in Ashanti Region is suspecting looting of some installations in the facilities by the immediate-past administration.
Within the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council is the residency occupying a huge acre of land.
The grass at the once beautiful landscape is now dried up due to the harmattan, with the flowers withering.
The houses here are beautifully sited on the land, but a close glance shows the poor state of the buildings.
The Presidential Lodge commissioned in 2004 under President Kufuor is unkempt and overtaken by weeds.
Luv FM’s Nana Yaw Gyimah toured the facility and observed that parts of the ceiling from the outside are broken, with painting on the building peeling off.
The NDC Regional Chairman, Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrew is worried about the state of the facility.
For eight years, the Regional Minister’s office situated within the same premises was unused.
Two other facilities which are supposed to be guest houses for government officials seem to have been burgled.
Sliding windows to both guest houses are broken, some air-conditioners fitted in the rooms are removed.
Curtains and other fittings are left in the dusty rooms with security buildings among the affected.
Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene says the facilities need to be renovated.
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