Saglemi Housing Project will not be left to rot – Oppong Nkrumah

Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister for Works and Housing, has assured that the government is committed to completing the Saglemi Housing Project, and will not be left to rot.

The Saglemi Housing Project, initiated in 2012, has faced considerable delays due to concerns raised by the government about the contract sum.

That is why the President [Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo] has asked that we go through a process to identify a private investor and or private investors who have technical and financial competencies to help us finish it and to operationalise it.”

When questioned about the government’s current focus on reviving the Saglemi Housing Project after it was abandoned in 2017, Oppong Nkrumah explained, “Minister Samuel Atta Akyea commissioned the evaluation, which then determined that we need about a $100 million to complete it.

He acknowledged that the project should have progressed more during Akufo-Addo’s administration, but assured that things will change as they operate transparently.

“Everybody would wish, arguably so that we would have gone pass the process a lot earlier than where we are now, but the chronology of events is what I have shared with you.

“Our expectation is that, now that we have issued the RFP and with the timelines, and the transparency we are bringing to it, it will be better late than never.”