Contrary to allegations by a communications consultant that government spent millions of dollars on the refurbishment of President Kufuor’s private residence, an excursion at the edifice has shown that house does not have many of the facilities purported to have been installed. Long after allegations by people like Dr Tony Aidoo of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that President Kufuor stole 1.5 billion old Ghana cedis of state funds to renovate his private house has been debunked and buried, there are fresh attempts at resurrecting this falsehood to give it a new lease of life. Earlier NDC Member Parliament (MP) for Nadowli South and Minority Leader of Parliament, convinced that he had a case against the President on the issue, filed a petition to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), only to beat a retreat. Again in the wake of the allegations against the President, concerning the renovation of his private residence, the Audit Service, as part of its obligation, intervened to conduct investigations and ascertain the veracity or otherwise of the claims. According to the Auditor-General's report of October 14, 2003 on the matter, investigations were conducted between 16 and 26 September, 2003 into the jobs undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) Prestige at the President's residence between February and May 2001. The report said the investigation took into consideration the type of works that were carried out at the President's private residence, "the source of funding, the quantum of the amount and necessary payment document and the materials procured against those actually used". The report said the scope of the investigations included "a review of the request and estimates prepared for the jobs and the determination of materials issued from PWD Prestige stores to site". It said that materials that were issued on request were compared with those that were used on site “to determine the value of materials collected from PWD stores but not sent to site". According to the report, payment to PWD Prestige by Ministry of Works and Housing in respect of the jobs were examined. The jobs actually undertaken at the President's residence were: "clearing of the bushy area opposite the house and converting it into a car park; provision of barbed wire fence behind the house and construction of observation post at the area and provision of additional lights on the street in front of the residency and at the rear of the house". According to the report, PWD Prestige presented an estimate of ¢41,147,979.00 for the job on January 26, 2001.