Parliament has lamented the sale of lands previously allocated to it and has activated measures to retrieve some of these lands.
This was disclosed by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, earlier this week at a breakfast meeting where he had cause to lament the near sale of his official residence at Cantonments.
The Parliamentary Service Board has made more disclosures on the Speaker’s residence and its suitability relative to his security.
They lamented in a statement dated November 22 that Bagbin is currently living in an area that has his security compromised because of his type of neighbours.
“A visit to the official residence of Rt. Hon. Speaker will unveil that almost all the surrounding buildings and accompanying parcels of land have been sold out to private developers. High-rise apartments have been constructed all around, leaving the Speaker’s residence as an island and endangering the safety and security of the Rt. Hon. Speaker,” their statement read in part.
Parliament also demanded that the government take action concerning the near sale after the Lands Commission in an earlier statement denied that the Speaker’s residence at any point in time was the subject of any sale.
