Gov't allegedly blows $12m on embassy building

The Minority in Parliament is accusing government of inflating the price of a building it bought in Norway to be used as Ghana’s Diplomatic mission.

According to the Minority spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana’s mission purchased the 100-year-old building at a price of $12.21 million when the same building was put up for sale in August 2017 for $3.5 million and in 2014 for $2.9 million.

Dec. 17, 2018