The Presidency has denied media speculations that President Mills would be moving to the Golden Jubilee House to host visiting US President Barack Obama. Head of Protocol at the Presidency, Victor Smith, told Joy FM that while that idea “has not featured in any discussion” with the visiting team, “there are no immediate plans to occupy that building.” The Golden Jubilee House which was built by the Kufuor administration was inaugurated early November 2008 as the new seat of government but the Mills-led administration after assuming power insisted there still were issues unresolved over the facility. The former president spent the last days of his presidency in the magnificent edifice and later conducted then president-elect Prof. John Atta Mills round his supposed new office. Prof. Mills described the palace as an imposing and lasting monument during the tour led by the former president and the former Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani. But speaking to Joy News’ Seth Kwame Boateng, Mr Smith stressed that several portions of the edifice are still incomplete. He denied the speculation which was reinforced by a publication in the Friday edition of The Mail newspaper that President Mills is due to move into the palace as work on the complex is almost complete. Asked whether the president is likely to move into the house during his tenure, Mr Smith responded in the affirmative and intimated that an earlier discussion with the Chief of Staff points to the fact that “it will happen but ‘when?’ we are not ready to tell.” Commenting on the state of work on the building, Mr Smith said the president’s residence in the complex was yet to be completed but said “some of the work is quite shoddy and inferior.” He maintained that failure of government to move into the new residence is borne out of a barrage of issues and that an investigative committee would be constituted to review them. “There are several reasons why we need to take our time before we move the president into that property,” he added. According to him, the committee will be asked to “delve into the kind of work that has been done there and the amount of money that has been spent,” Mr Smith hinted. Story by Fiifi Koomson/Myjoyonline.com