Minister Allocates Gov't Bungalow To Her "Brother"

After getting former Ministers and other functionaries forcibly ejected from their state-allocated bungalows, which were renovated at a great cost, some of the current Ministers who were allocated the bungalows are not occupying them.

Instead, some of them have re-allocated their bungalows to others, completely outside main government business.

Notable among the Ministers is the Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Madam Theresa Ameley Tagoe, whose former colleague, Kwamena Bartels, personally supervised the ejection of the past occupants.

Madam Tagoe has given her bungalow to Reverend Dr Emmanuel Asante, former Principal of the Trinity College whom she described as a brother.

Sources told ‘The Evening News’ that the Reverend Asante who is now out of job was asked to leave his official Trinity College bungalow, had no accommodation. He subsequently fell on the Deputy Minister for assistance.

When contacted by “The Evening News,” Madam Tagoe confirmed the story, but explained that the man was out of job, so she decided to help him by re-allocating her official bungalow to the Reverend and his family.

The Deputy Minister said she currently lives in her own house at Dansoman and therefore decided to assist “a blood relation.” He has nowhere to perch, therefore, I thought it worthy to give him my official residence, which by that time I had not occupied,” she observed.

The Deputy Minister explained that she is now taking steps to acquire a new residence for the Rev Minister since the official bungalow could not house him much longer.

Soon after the January 7 inauguration of the new administration, several members of the former government were given ultimatum to quit their bungalows or face public embarrassment. Some of them were eventually thrown out of their bungalows.