The particular Minister of Works plus Housing, Francis Asenso Boakye has described the questionable Saglemi Housing Project like a needless and wasteful business indicating the site of the task as one of the major reasons, MyNewsGh. com reports. The Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) who doubles as Person in Parliament (MP) for the Bantama constituency made this earnest statement when he interacted with Kwame Adinkrah upon Kumasi-based Pure FM’s ‘Pure Morning Drive’ which was telecasted live on OneHD Tv plus monitored by MyNewsGh. possuindo. Hon. Asenso Boakye described that even though the policymakers after that thought it wise to decongest Accra, it was wrong on the part to site the particular Saglemi Housing Project not even close to the main towns. He continuing that; monies invested in to the project could have completed the particular Kufuor affordable housing strategies which he described as impartialy distributed across the country. “The lifestyle of abandoning projects began by previous governments is definitely bad and even the metabolism bars it. Investing in Saglemi could have finished Kufuor’s inexpensive housing program. It is unnecessary, unnecessary and wasteful to begin a new project when earlier ones haven’t been finished. ”“If you also check the place of the Saglemi Housing Task, you can see that it’s mls away from town whilst those of President Kufuor is near to main towns and towns. The siting if Saglemi is very wrong. To decongest Accra doesn’t mean that you need to take the project miles aside. ” He stated upon Pure (95. 7) FM in Kumasi. Meanwhile, the particular Minister in a previous push statement stated that the Ministry of Works and Casing will require an additional US$32 mil to complete the abandoned five, 000-unit Saglemi housing task started by the previous govt after exhausting its preliminary money earmarked for the task. It said a specialized audit by the Ghana Organization of Surveyors (GIS) from the project, which initially recently had an output target of five, 000 units at a complete cost of US$200 million, got estimated that additional money would be required for its conclusion indicating the unavailability associated with water and electricity as being a reason limiting the utilisation of the housing units. “Although the financing of the task had largely been worn out, an initial technical audit by ministry revealed the key principal infrastructure still outstanding consists of water supply and electrical power. ” He said. Nevertheless , the Leader of the All-Progressive Our elected representatives (APC), Hassan Ayariga provides described as ‘senseless’ any choice by government to postpone or failure to complete the particular Saglemi Housing Project. “This cannot happen in a nation where millions of workers are usually struggling for accommodation, regardless of the party they fit in with. This is not a political celebration project. This is a government associated with Ghana project, and we are unable to allow it to rot, no matter conditions surrounding it. It does not sound right for anybody to leave this kind of project abandoned for years, ” he said in an job interview monitored by MyNewsGh. comIn 2018, the then Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) for Works and Casing, Samuel Atta Akyea asked the Attorney-General to study the agreements. There were reviews that key contract files were missing or got inconsistencies. The government believed there is a misappropriation of money in the project, resulting in substandard work. Mr. Atta Akyea had accused a former Functions and Housing Minister, Collins Dauda, of altering the initial agreement for the Saglemi casing project without recourse in order to Parliament. He claimed that will after Parliament passed the particular agreement in October this year for the construction of five, 000 housing units, the particular then minister reviewed the particular contract scaling down the variety of units to some 1, five hundred units and later to at least one, 024 units after one more review in 2016. The very first phase of the project, along with 1, 500 housing systems, which was commissioned by Sara Mahama in 2016 are actually left unused. The task, which was intended to reduce the country’s massive housing deficit can be seated on a 300-acre property with one to three-bedroom flats for low-income earners. Resource: MyNewsGh. com| Evans Osei-Bonsu| 2021
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