Residency facilities at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council are deteriorating after years of neglect under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.About five houses, including the Regional Minister's residence and the Presidential Lodge, have remained unoccupied for eight years, leading to significant decay.

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The vast residency compound, once a lush and well-maintained landscape, is now covered with dried grass due to the harmattan season, while the flowers have withered. Though the houses are beautifully positioned on the property, closer inspection reveals the poor state of the buildings.The Presidential Lodge, commissioned in 2004 during the tenure of President John Agyekum Kufuor, is now overgrown with weeds.

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Parts of the exterior ceiling are damaged, and the paint is peeling off.Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrew, expressed concern over the facility's decline.<img src="

alt="" class="wp-image-736067"/>“When we were in power, the place was kept clean and

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green. The place looked like the seat of government but now the place looks abandoned,” he said.The Regional Minister's office, located within the same premises, has also been unused for eight years. Two other structures intended as guest houses for government officials appear to have been burgled.Both guest houses have broken sliding windows, missing air conditioners, and dusty rooms with abandoned curtains and fittings.

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Security posts in the area are also in poor condition.Regional Secretary of the NDC, Dr. Frank Amoakohene, called for an investigation into the matter.“We will launch an investigation into this issue. It will interest us to know how the Regional Minister got a residency. Was the government renting for him while this one was rotting away?” he questioned.

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