CHRAJ rent saga: Commissioner hasn’t done any wrong – Freddie Blay

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The mask 11 years ago

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Nowrong 11 years ago

I was housed in a hotel for 2 months waiting for the company house to be completed when I was on expart assignment in a country in Africa.
I was alone without my family and the hotel was $300 per day,with two meals a day.If ...
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I was housed in a hotel for 2 months waiting for the company house to be completed when I was on expart assignment in a country in Africa.
I was alone without my family and the hotel was $300 per day,with two meals a day.If a company can afford ,why not a country?
OYOKOBA 11 years ago

The heart of the matter is what the heck has it taken them three years and still counting to renovate her official residence at an accumulated cost of $184,000 and still no where completed. What kind of renovation has been or ...
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The heart of the matter is what the heck has it taken them three years and still counting to renovate her official residence at an accumulated cost of $184,000 and still no where completed. What kind of renovation has been ordered on an existing house that is gone pass $184,000 and still counting whereas she continues to leisure about in a hotel. Gov't money is not for personal comfort, we can't afford her black ass.

At the bottom of it can they produce any cost-benefit analysis to justify the continuous accumulation of such huge costs? We can't afford her sorry ass! She must go.
Gye Nyame 11 years ago

Are these people for real? What has "some young woman, single parent, who’s been used to some kind of life" got to do with this? First of all she is not young, unless we call 55 or so young in Ghana and her child is a grown ...
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Are these people for real? What has "some young woman, single parent, who’s been used to some kind of life" got to do with this? First of all she is not young, unless we call 55 or so young in Ghana and her child is a grown adult (40 +) but in any case what has all that description got to do with wasting the government money? Ghana is just getting loans upon loans to waste and that is all. Lauretta is not an expatriate, so let us get off our high horses and accept that she made a bad decision and ought to pay for it. What is troubling though is how those huge claims were approved and paid.
Baffour Agyemang 11 years ago

I am soo disappointed in Freddie Blay. Is this the kind of governance the NPP is falling over themselves to dish Ghana? Hmm

I am soo disappointed in Freddie Blay. Is this the kind of governance the NPP is falling over themselves to dish Ghana? Hmm
kwaku kotobaabi 11 years ago

You see,Ghanaians talk too much.How many CHRAG commissioners do we have in Ghana ? Only one person and we can not accomodate her and making plenty noise.To the DAILY GRAPHIC who started this vendetta against the lady.What typ ...
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You see,Ghanaians talk too much.How many CHRAG commissioners do we have in Ghana ? Only one person and we can not accomodate her and making plenty noise.To the DAILY GRAPHIC who started this vendetta against the lady.What type of house does the MD of GRAPHIC COMPANY live in ? We the people of Ghana want to know and see the picture and the amenities he enjoys.Let us see the pictures of the houses of MDS of the ff Govt entities: SSNIT,GCB,NIB,ADB,BOG AND HIS DEPUTIES,NHIA,SIC,GBC,GCAA ,GHA,GHANA WATER,LANDS COMMISION,DVLA ETC.This list will never end Let us STOP being PETTY in this country.KUDOS FREDDY BLAY.
Gye Nyame 11 years ago

By the way it was the Daily Graphic that surprising broke the story. I agree that the rot is all over place, and have said that many times but it still does not excuse her. In a cash strapped country like Ghana we should not ...
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By the way it was the Daily Graphic that surprising broke the story. I agree that the rot is all over place, and have said that many times but it still does not excuse her. In a cash strapped country like Ghana we should not be providing such lavish housing/hotels/luxury cars to government paid workers.These are unnecessary overhead expense that needs to be scrapped. I would not categorize as petty though -- government officials in rich countries have been dismissed/made to resign for much less. How do think the donor countries feel when they read about such pampering of our officials with donated and borrowed money?
Abbass 11 years ago

Rubbish, what are you saying?Blay paa......

Rubbish, what are you saying?Blay paa......
kofi 11 years ago

Do you think your company would have given you that in it's home country? Don't make a wrong analogy. The lady in question is not working as an expat. She is a citizen of Ghana working in Ghana.

Do you think your company would have given you that in it's home country? Don't make a wrong analogy. The lady in question is not working as an expat. She is a citizen of Ghana working in Ghana.
Ago 11 years ago

Lets know more details. Where are the investigative journalists?

Lets know more details. Where are the investigative journalists?

liv 11 years ago

OK reserve all govt. bungalows for expatriates, and let Ministers and other govt. officials live in their own houses. Let's stop appointing the homeless into high positions, it's costing us a lot of money.

OK reserve all govt. bungalows for expatriates, and let Ministers and other govt. officials live in their own houses. Let's stop appointing the homeless into high positions, it's costing us a lot of money.
ELINAN 11 years ago

LOL, "Let stop appointing the homeless into high position"....

LOL, "Let stop appointing the homeless into high position"....
chief vandal 11 years ago

lol that is a good one.

lol that is a good one.
Papa Yaw. 11 years ago

No

No
kofikofi 11 years ago

What is this corrupt former deputy speaker of parliament talking about? Why are politicians so disappointing? Cry cry cry !

What is this corrupt former deputy speaker of parliament talking about? Why are politicians so disappointing? Cry cry cry !
007-USA 11 years ago

READ HIS ARTICLE VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU PASS ANY JUDGEMENT. READ IT SLOWLY AND GET THE UNDERSTANDING FIRST. THE FORMER SPEAKER IS RIGHT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT APPOINTS POSITIONS THEY MAKE THINGS AVAILABLE TO AVIOD EXTRA COST ...
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READ HIS ARTICLE VERY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU PASS ANY JUDGEMENT. READ IT SLOWLY AND GET THE UNDERSTANDING FIRST. THE FORMER SPEAKER IS RIGHT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT APPOINTS POSITIONS THEY MAKE THINGS AVAILABLE TO AVIOD EXTRA COST TO THE COUNTRY.
joe 11 years ago

We are in a crazy era, when we don't seem to have limits to spending. Now, we seem to have two types of scales for Ghanaians, while $200,000 is far beyond the imagination of the ordinary Ghanaian, it is peanuts to the rich. B ...
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We are in a crazy era, when we don't seem to have limits to spending. Now, we seem to have two types of scales for Ghanaians, while $200,000 is far beyond the imagination of the ordinary Ghanaian, it is peanuts to the rich. But we need a ceiling of how much rent a public official should be entitled to in the country. We need a conversation on this, not the threats coming from another NPP offshoot, AFAG.
kretz 11 years ago

Do we really have any sensible politician in Ghana these days? They all seem to be talking rubbish anytime they open their mouths.
The commissioner is not an expatriate, so she should not be treated as one. CHRAJ is not the ...
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Do we really have any sensible politician in Ghana these days? They all seem to be talking rubbish anytime they open their mouths.
The commissioner is not an expatriate, so she should not be treated as one. CHRAJ is not the world's court so I don't see anything so special about CHRAJ that the commissioner should be treated differently. These behaviors are some of the reasons why throughout the whole world, well qualify women don't get top positions. Sometimes, it's not about qualifications,it's about morals. Women in top positions sometimes become arrogant and disrespectful to society.
Kojo Atiso 11 years ago

Mr Blay is making a very interesting point.I know there are certain positions a family oriented person or people only qualify.How can a whole commissioner be a single mum.What kind of lifestyle is Blay saying she's used to?ho ...
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Mr Blay is making a very interesting point.I know there are certain positions a family oriented person or people only qualify.How can a whole commissioner be a single mum.What kind of lifestyle is Blay saying she's used to?how can she oversee corruption?why are we always appointing hungry people to such sensitive positions?
KK 11 years ago

why was she appointed with no place to live? What was there no negotiation to keep her at her former residence till official residence is renovated? Housing of officials is a problem but NPP was selling -off such houses to th ...
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why was she appointed with no place to live? What was there no negotiation to keep her at her former residence till official residence is renovated? Housing of officials is a problem but NPP was selling -off such houses to their members. She could have been housed easily without staying in hotel. Ghana cannot afford hotel for government officials who originally live in Accra - but then comes the problem that government will pay hotel for bill for other officers from outside of Accra. How many other officers are in hotels in Accra?

Frank Agyena-Karikari 11 years ago

Who started selling Sakumono estates?

Who started selling Sakumono estates?
chief vandal 11 years ago

This Blay man is a disappointment and I hope he loses his seat in the next general election.

This Blay man is a disappointment and I hope he loses his seat in the next general election.
HONESTY 11 years ago

Freddie Blay's demeanor has always depicted him as a stupid person and he is always confirming that by what he says and does!!

Freddie Blay's demeanor has always depicted him as a stupid person and he is always confirming that by what he says and does!!
OTCHERE DARKO 11 years ago

"Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Freddie Blay, that the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Lauretta Lamptey, did nothing wrong by spending $456.25 a day on her hotel accomm ...
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"Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Freddie Blay, that the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Lauretta Lamptey, did nothing wrong by spending $456.25 a day on her hotel accommodation pending the completion of renovation works on her official residence."
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It is no wonder that THIS could have come from NPP key member.
Asimasy 11 years ago

Look at another cheap stake. How can anyone in his right senses support what Ms Lamptey has done? Freddie Blay I'm really disappointed in you. We still have children schooling under trees and the state spends such an amount ...
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Look at another cheap stake. How can anyone in his right senses support what Ms Lamptey has done? Freddie Blay I'm really disappointed in you. We still have children schooling under trees and the state spends such an amount on this woman and you see nothing wrong?
KK 11 years ago

This dog who used to be student leader is now supporting a she cow to rip a nation whose kids study under trees? What a show of class!

This dog who used to be student leader is now supporting a she cow to rip a nation whose kids study under trees? What a show of class!
Osei kuffour 11 years ago

African politicians are the ones that is making Africa poor .. Smh

African politicians are the ones that is making Africa poor .. Smh
Tawiah 11 years ago

Didn't I say we should just take them all to the guillotine once and for all?

Didn't I say we should just take them all to the guillotine once and for all?
OWUOMPOSURO 11 years ago

Is this the same man (Freddie Blay) who is giving Nana Akufo Addo advice? God have mercy.

Is this the same man (Freddie Blay) who is giving Nana Akufo Addo advice? God have mercy.
Yaabroni 11 years ago

God save Ghana! Isn't there any place we can deport such people too? How can any sane and sensible person condone the spending of public money in this manner. And defending it by saying others spend more is just the most stup ...
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God save Ghana! Isn't there any place we can deport such people too? How can any sane and sensible person condone the spending of public money in this manner. And defending it by saying others spend more is just the most stupid argument ever! Does this idiot not know that there is a BIG difference between public spending and private spending??? If a private company rents a place for a million bucks, well that's their money. But this spending of tax payer's money in a developing (!!!!) country is absolutely out of order. And a public figure like this idiot of a man condoning it just shows how lost this country is.

Onua Ben 11 years ago

As a prominent person in the opposition party, I expected something sensible and reasonable from Freddie Blay. The question we should ask ourselves is why is a GHS 182,000 renovation taking three years? Is someone deliberatel ...
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As a prominent person in the opposition party, I expected something sensible and reasonable from Freddie Blay. The question we should ask ourselves is why is a GHS 182,000 renovation taking three years? Is someone deliberately pulling the strings to delay the renovation so that Ms. Lamptey can continue to live lavishly at the expense of the Ghanaian taxpayer?
Owu 11 years ago

Where do we go from here? I think nobody cares about the nation.

Where do we go from here? I think nobody cares about the nation.
Marcus o.k 11 years ago

kofikofi,Freddie is never corrupt.if don't agree with hom,don't take him to the gutters.

kofikofi,Freddie is never corrupt.if don't agree with hom,don't take him to the gutters.
Bomfaboy 11 years ago

Mr Blay, did you really say this? Very strange. Granted that the current provission is to house the embattle CHRAG boss, did she have to rent a Hotel? For a Ghanaian who has her own house, and given a new appointment? Could s ...
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Mr Blay, did you really say this? Very strange. Granted that the current provission is to house the embattle CHRAG boss, did she have to rent a Hotel? For a Ghanaian who has her own house, and given a new appointment? Could she not have stayed in her own house? Could she not have stayed in the commissioners house while the renovation is going on? Is that how you politicians have massage the economy?
When Nana Akuffo-Addo was the Attorney General and minister for Foreign Affairs, Did he not stay in his own house to work? DId he even charge rent? Apart from some renovations and security measures done on his house, did Ex-president Kuffour not live in his own house??
Paying 450$ a night in a hotel is surely a big deal.
By the way how much space there is in a hotel room/Suite that a whole house could not provide even with ongoing renovations?? The same is being said of the governor of the central bank. How stupid, sorry for that, can they be??
Kwabena Yeboah 11 years ago

Now I know why the wheels of progress has grinned to a halt in this god-forbidden country. If this idiot, Freddie Blay, could be a deputy speaker of parliament in Ghana, OMG, then it is time to call the abongos in. Frankly, ...
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Now I know why the wheels of progress has grinned to a halt in this god-forbidden country. If this idiot, Freddie Blay, could be a deputy speaker of parliament in Ghana, OMG, then it is time to call the abongos in. Frankly, I get so depressed anytime I visit this website. This would be probably my last time.
hon mahadin wa 11 years ago

I support Freddy 100% leave this beautiful mom alone

I support Freddy 100% leave this beautiful mom alone
a.k.,amsterdam 11 years ago

That it means that you people are also looking for power just to come and create, loot and share. Foolish man with foolish talk.

That it means that you people are also looking for power just to come and create, loot and share. Foolish man with foolish talk.
I'm a dreaming? 11 years ago

Is this Blay guy for real?????? And he is the vice chairman of the NPP?

No wonder I'm struggling to find reasons to vote for this part come an election

Is this Blay guy for real?????? And he is the vice chairman of the NPP?

No wonder I'm struggling to find reasons to vote for this part come an election

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