Life in Ghana for some people ‘dey be’ like ‘Aluguntingu’, just add the ‘Medaase’ for me.

You come across certain information and you are compelled to ask yourself this; what sort of leaders and custodians do we have in Ghana?

According to reports, the Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)- Lauretta Vivian Lamptey is being accused and investigated of spending over $180,000 on rent—note her title.

I would have no problem if a Minister of State did this, because that is what they are known for, but there is no excuse for a person put in charge of Human Rights in Ghana to allegedly exhibit such a selfish conduct to the detriment of the State.

Reports by Citi News have it that, a document obtained shows that since Lauretta Vivian Lamptey assumed office 3 years ago; she is yet “to move into her official residence which is still under renovation with several variations at cost of GHC 182,000”.

Meanwhile, she is said to have rented an apartment at the AU Village at the cost of $4,500 per month. She was however ejected from her rented apartment following the expiration of her 2013 tenancy.

This is where it gets worse, Lauretta Vivian Lamptey then moved into one of the best hotels in Accra where she pays $456.25 daily. Yeah, you read it right—$456.25 each day paid with our money…

Though a budgetary allocation of GHC 1.5 million has been made available to the Commission with an allocated GHC 500,000 for annual accommodation expenses for staff, it is reported that between January and August 2014, Ms Lamptey alone spent GHC 120,000 on her monthly rent.

The CHRAJ boss has also been accused of working from the hotel since April 2014. Who wants to leave a posh  hotel paid by tax payers to go to the office? Just sleep all day and say you are working from your expensive hotel room.

How else would you describe our leaders operating this way, if not; greedy bastards? Ghana seems to have no money to pay workers when needed but magically, we find money to pay for such things—which could easily have been avoided by buying an apartment for the Commission or concentrate on the renovation the old one.

Also, my question is; before she became the Commissioner for the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, where was she living? I doubt she was living on planet Pluto.

Each day, our leaders show us how much of fools we are as they; the smart ones continue to eat the chunk of our national cake without even leaving us the crumbles.