A document in the possession of African Eye News revealed that since her assumption of office three years ago, the commissioner of CHRAJ was yet to move into her official residence which is still under renovation with several variations at cost of GHC 182,000.
Ms. Lamptey was reported to have subsequently rented an apartment at the AU Village at the cost of $4,500 per month which many Ghanaians are raising eyebrows about.
However the lawyer cum human rights activist was ejected from her rented apartment following the expiration of her 2013 tenancy.
The CHRAJ boss has since moved into one of the best hotels in Accra where she pays $456.25 daily.
Furthermore, the document added that 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.
But between January and August 2014, Ms Lamptey alone has spent GHC 120,000 on her monthly rent.
The CHRAJ boss has also been accused of working from the hotel since April 2014.
When the Daily Graphic, a state-owned newspaper contacted the CHRAJ boss, she admitted ordering the redesign of the apartment but insisted that “it would not exceed the budgetted cost of GHC182,000.”
A Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely-Hayford on Citi FM’s programme this morning called for the dismissal of the commissioner of the CHRAJ describing her as incompetent
Mr. Casely-Hayford described as gross incompetence, the CHRAJ’s disinterest in the supposed misappropriation of funds by the World Cup Committee.
He described the CHRAJ boss Lauretta Lamptey as incompetent.
He said, ”Lauretta Lamptey as our Commissioner should be sitting in her chair, getting some work done … but we don’t have anybody who is supposed to be fighting for justice in this country.It is not fair, it is not right.”
African Eye News