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Former chief of staff under the Kufour led administration, Kwadwo Mpiani has lauded President John Mahama for his braveness to operate from the Flagstaff House as the official seat of government despite some foul avowal from his party members. According to Kwadwo Mpiani, former late President Prof Atta Mills was overwhelmed when Kufour toured him in the then �Golden Jubilee House� when he was elected as the President of Ghana. �President Mills when elected into power was toured in the building which I (Mpiani) was there myself. The president was pleased with the good works done by Kufour. He congratulated him (Kufour) so we (the NPP) knew President Mills would work from the Jubilee House but he did not,� he asserted, adding that some leading members of the NDC raised issues which led to the abandonment of the Jubilee House by President Mills� administration. The Flagstaff House, which was used by Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, was reconstructed by the Kufuor administration to be used as the seat of government. The project, which was financed by an Indian loan and grant, was inaugurated just before the former president ended his term of office and renamed Jubilee House, but the NDC reverted the name to Flagstaff House after it took office in 2009. It has both office and residential accommodation for the president, the vice president and the supporting staff. However, the late former President John Evans Atta Mills did not use the edifice, citing security concerns.