Ghana's former President John Mahama has not been given permission to stay in the house he occupied while in office, an official says.
Mr Mahama's failure to vacate the house when his term ended on Saturday has caused huge controversy.
He says he reached agreement with new President Nana Akufo-Addo's team to remain there last month.
But Yaw Osafo Mafo from Mr Akufo-Addo's team said the request had been rejected, reports said.
"We have not approved of his request, and I want to repeat we have received the request and the requests are two - for him to be given his ex-gratia where he lives and also be given another property as his office," Mr Mafo was quoted by the Daily Guide newspaper as saying.
Mr Mahama stayed in the vice-presidential residence during his mandate.
Critics say his continued presence there is unlawful and has also left incoming Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia with nowhere to live.
Ghana's parliament passed a law in October stipulating that outgoing ministers and other government officials had three months from the date of the new president's inauguration to hand over state-owned homes or face forcible eviction.
But the law does not apply to former presidents and vice-presidents.
The presidential villa in Ghana is a grand stool-shaped building known as Flagstaff House.
But former President Mahama did not live there, preferring to remain in the home of the vice-president - a post he held before his elevation to the presidency in 2012.
So, Flagstaff House remained vacant during his rule. Now, it is expected to be occupied by his successor, Nana Akufo-Addo, who won elections last month.
The question is: Where should the new vice-president live? As far as Mr Mahama is concerned it is not in the house he is occupying. The new government seems to disagree. Will it send the removal trucks? Watch this space.
The former president's office has dismissed the reports as "mischievous" and insisted that the last parliament had also resolved that a home and an office should be be given to Mr Mahama "in line with convention and existing precedent".
Mr Mahama's office said Mr Bawumia was instead expected to live in another building, Australia House, a government safe house previously occupied by former Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur.
Mr Mahama was widely credited for accepting defeat in elections last month, rather than challenging the result.
He is among regional mediators trying to persuade The Gambia's long-serving ruler Yahya Jammeh to step down after he lost elections to property develop Adama Barrow.
Source: BBC
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BBC ,maybe your reporters slept when it mattered. But Ghanaians didnt. Mahama was voted out of power,overwhelmingly. With that, the least you can do is to concede. 2.He refused to resettle his predecessor for eight years. He and his boss set up various 'commitees'reports that never approved his desire. He had to backtrack to what he didnt think was feasible eight years earlier,when defeat stared him in the face.In grace Ghanaians may give him a place, but next time he shoudl consider 'others' interest too.FINALLY, METHINK HE DOESNT NEED THAT HOUSE,WITH ALL HE MADE AS PRESIDENT,BECAUSE EVEN ZOOMLION CLEANERS ARE BUYING LANDS TO BUILD THEIR OWN HOUSES BEFORE RETIREMENT.
This publication lacks merit.Did I hear you say the flagstaff house was empty during Mahama's time?Your correspondent in Ghana is a lazy one. His writes up does not deserve a big platform like yours.
osafo Marlo will reject anything going to the Northerner god bless united Ghana. we are waiting kwame Nkrumah did a lot but was let down by krobo Edusei, Joe Appian And co. General Acheampong did His best but was let down by the same Joe Appiah, Ako the IGP and co. Mahamah Has done his best and we are waiting to see what Traballistic Osafo Marafo and his co will do.
DOES THE PROPERTY STILL REMAINS A GOVERNMENT PROPERTY WHILST OCCUPIED BY THE EX PRESIDENT OR REMAINS THE PROPERTY OF THE EX PRESIDENT IN PEPERTUITY (FOREVER)?
Eddie,you in the ndc are a disgrace no wonder you come to power empty but want to leave with belly full.How do you understand plagiarism? Ndc do not read or don't understand the Queen's language. What is the crime in borrowing somebody's words to argue a point?it's only fo*ls in the ndc who take every st*pid thing serious but play with with governance. I don't see how this should be ndc headache when greater things to discuss about the country abound. When you made Uhuru Kenyatta the president of Ghana in your 2016 independence brochure. What was more disgraceful than that,what was more disgraceful than those mistakes in your president's speech and what was more disgraceful than mahama paper in front of other leaders but ndc are a bunch of ***barred word*** and disgusting people who don't care about themselves how much more Ghana. They think denigrating is power but what they forget is they exposing their small and unintelligent minds. Mo'agyimi dodo, so there is no sensible elder among these fo*ls to advise them to be serious in life? In fact I hate the existence of this ndc party ,it must be reduced to debris in the next elections so we don't have it anymore in Ghana politics. PPP is a decent party to take over ndc is a disgrace to Rawlings the founder.
Mahama wants to keep the house because, it has been his intention long ago. because of that he had caused to be expended on the building, huge sums of money to put the place to his taste. He had long decided to keep the place after his retirement. That is why he doesnt want to leave the place
IS THIS NOT A BITTER DISGRACE TO JON MAHAMA AND HIS FAMILY ;BECAUSE THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT AN AVENUE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTIES FOR HIS FAMILY :IT IS A SERVICE TO THE NATION ; BESIDES FOR THE 8 YEARS THAT HE WAS OFFICE WHAT DID JON MAHAMA DO WITH ALL HIS PAY ; TO ME IT IS A LIE JON MAHAMA PROPERTIES IN ACCRA BUT OUT OF GREEDINESS WISHES TO KEEP A STATE ASSET : WHAT KIND OF GREEDINESS IS THIS !!!!!!!!
It is not the duty of the outgoing government to decide where Dr Bawumia should reside. smh
So if former President Mahama had stayed in the Flagstaff House would He have asked that the Flagstaff be given to him as part of his retirement package?
OTHERS DO, GO AND SHUT BBC DOWN IF YOU CANT TAKE IT .