Minority kicks against private partnership in Saglemi Housing Project

The Minority in Ghana’s Parliament is vehemently opposing moves by the government to partner with a private developer to fix the Saglemi Housing Project.

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According to Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister for Works and Housing, an estimated $100 million is required to make the place habitable.

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During an inspection of the project site on Tuesday, Oppong Nkrumah disclosed plans to secure a private partner within five weeks.

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“…I gave instructions to the technical working group that within the next five weeks, it should go ahead with an international expression of interest that is designed to attract private developers who can come in and complete this project for us so that we can put it to use,” he said.

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However, Vincent Oppong Asamoah, the Ranking Member on the Works and Housing Committee, alleges that the government intends to offload the Saglemi Housing Project to its allies and cronies.

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They are saying, oh, we are bringing in partners here and at the end of it, it is their own people that are going to come in

Initiated in 2012 during the tenure of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, the Saglemi housing project aimed to construct 5,000 housing units.