Osu Castle

== Controversies ==
In 2007, the opposition [[Member of parliament|Ministers of Parliament]] (MPs) in [[Ghana]] (the [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress, NDC]]) stormed out of a parliamentary debate on whether to take out a $50m loan to build a new presidential palace. MPs from [[President (government title)|President]] [[John Agyekum Kufuor]]'s [[New Patriotic Party]] voted unanimously in favour of taking the loan from [[India]]. They argued that the president should not be based in Osu Castle, where slaves used to be kept. 

The opposition [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|National Democratic Congress]] said the money would be better spent such as improving the [[economy]] and helping promote the [[Better Ghana Agenda]]. This led to the then general secretary to the opposition [[National Democratic Congress (Ghana)|NDC]] to describe the new [[Jubilee House|Flagstaff House]] as a "hen coop only fit for rearing chicken". The old [[The Flagstaff House|Flagstaff House]] used by Ghana's first president as his residence is being renovated into a museum, with the grounds on which it stands being built up as an ultra-modern office complex and residence for the president and vice-president of Ghana as well as their staff.