The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has vehemently denied that his official residence was sold to a private developer.
He clarified that his residence was instead “almost sold” to a private developer.
The Speaker of Parliament revealed a few days ago that his residence in Accra was sold to a private developer while he was still living there.
Speaking at the Speaker’s Breakfast Forum in Accra on Monday, he said that this only came to light when the developer went to the Lands Commission to register the land.
But the Commission wishes to state emphatically, that at no point in time was the said property sold to a private developer by the Lands Commission,” the statement said, and proceeded to provide an elaborate background as to developments to the said property since its acquisition in 1920 for Government services.
However, in a new development, at a meeting with civil society groups recently, the Speaker Alban Bagbin, clarified that his official residence was nearly handed over to a developer but for the Lands Commission’s intervention.
Story by: Osei Akoto / Ahotoronline.com
