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Swimming pool, flowers in veep's house cost GH¢1.1m

The fence wall and gate alone was estimated at $471,000 ($471,528.27), according to the document

According to the document, prepared by Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL), an agency of the state that provides Consultancy Services on all projects being executed, the cost of swimming pool is $124,957.10 (GH¢550,746) and the growing of flowers, grass and trees in the house also costs $137,082 (GH¢604,187) totalling $260,00. (GH¢1,145,946)

The government and opposition NDC have engaged in a media banter over the cost of the facility which was awarded by the erstwhile John Mahama government.

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There have been several calls for an investigation into the contract and expenditure of the bungalow after Dr Mahamudu Bawumia revealed that he was shocked to hear that the government of former President Mahama approved 13.9 million dollars for an official residence for  Vice President.

The Finder newspaper reported the fence wall and gate alone was estimated at $471,000 ($471,528.27).

A breakdown of the budget reveals, for instance, that the growing of flowers, grass and trees in the house (horticulture), also costs $137,082; while the swimming pool will cost $124,957. The combined sum for the flowers and the swimming pool is $262,039.

Other items include Preliminaries – $678,300, Demolitions – $100,000, Basement - $221,861.42, Ground Floor - $2.3million ($2,367,655.57), First Floor – $1.3million ($1,394,671.85), Second Floor - $167,282.45, and Lift Shaft - $101,810.40.

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Others are:$12,109.10, Out House - $409,858.19, Office of the Second Lady - $716,901.04, Lounge –$160, 263.36, Sundries - $53, 698.77, Electrical Installations - $2.4million ($2,415,379.55), Air Conditioning and other Mechanical Installations - $991,896.68, Lift Installations - $195,600, Soft Furnishing - $440,000, and Road, Pavements - $330,000 and Balustrades - $55,000.

An amount of $1million was added to the actual cost of the project under the title External Works.

The cost of various variations are: Variations ordered to date – $778,001.25, External Electrical Works - $77,371.76, Sculpture and Emblems - $25,566.54, Stone Facing works – $55,300, Hardwood Panel Doors - $88,157.36 and other anticipated variations $400,000.

However, the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketia has revealed that a document released by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to dispute claims that the cost of a bungalow for the Vice-President is $13.9million is false.

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He said the government of former President John Mahama did not approve 13.9 million dollars to be used to put up the Vice President’s accommodation.

According to a two-paged document, shown to Accra-based Joy FM, the contract sum of the bungalow is 3.56m. It is not clear whether the figure quoted is in cedis or dollars.

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