Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has disclosed that Cantonments, a suburb of Accra, is an area known to deal with dollars for transactions.He made this comment when he quizzed the Foreign Affairs Minister-designate, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, about the location of the Operation Recover All Loot's (ORAL) Secretariat during vetting today.

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Ablakwa noted that the ORAL shares its makeshift secretariat at the private office of Vice President Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang.He further revealed that the private office is rented by the Vice President, making her a tenant. Following Mr Ablakwa's comment, Afenyo-Markin said, "She is the tenant. Because that place is a dollar-rated area. Yes, Cantonments properties you pay in dollars. We know that as a fact.

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"He added that "I am happy to hear that the Vice President is able to afford a dollar rent in Cantonments. It doesn't mean that if you are a public officer, you have to be poor."In reaction, Mr Ablakwa said, "I am also happy to observe that the Honourable Minority Leader is aware that Cantonments lands are dollar-rated.

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So when some of his colleagues are paying GHC42,000 for a plot of land in Cantonments, he must join my crusade to stop state looting."

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