President Kufuor occupies castle next month

The President, Mr John Agyekum Kufuor, moves to the Castle for occupancy in four weeks, according to 'The Evening News'.

A highly placed source at the office of the Chief of Staff, which disclosed this to the paper said refurbishment works in the office of the President and his Vice have already started. It did not tell how much was involved in the whole exercise, but a Castle source said it would run into some millions of cedis.

The sources lamented on the very deplorable state that the new administration found the seat of the Presidency when it took over the governance of the country.

The President and his Vice have since the takeover been operating from the State House in small offices that lack many facilities that enhance the smooth running of administrative business. The President is reported of having no official desk on which to write and carry out the business of government at the State House.

Due to its absence he has no direct telephone lines to aid him keep in touch with key institutions and personalities and has been operating on unreliable mobile phones to communicate with his close associates.