Contractors will soon return to continue with work on the Saglemi Affordable Housing project, the Minister of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has assured. “We know of the Saglemi housing project, among other projects, has stalled halfway. When I resumed office, I started engaging with key stakeholders, and very soon, we will […]
The Quarm-LMI Consortium, appointed by the government to revive the stalled Saglemi Housing Project, has assured Ghanaians that the over 1,500 housing units will be completed within 400 days and made available for purchase. This announcement signals progress on a project that has long been mired in delays and controversy. Kofi Adabor Ofori-Amanfo, Managing Director […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has approved a framework for negotiations with the successful bidder(s) in the ongoing resolution of the Saglemi Housing Project. The approval follows a request by the Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. Under the new framework, the value of the work already completed at Saglemi will be treated […]
The Ministry of Works and Housing has received five bids for the completion of the over 1,500 unfinished units of the Saglemi Housing project. These bids are now pending evaluation by an independent entity, which will be selected with the assistance of the Public Procurement Authority on Wednesday, according to sector minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah. […]
Ten international and local companies have expressed interest in completing the Saglemi Housing Project, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Works and Housing, has disclosed. He said the 10 companies had been taken to the project site and that they had had the opportunity to inspect works that had been left there so far. […]
The Ministry of Works and Housing has constituted a technical working committee to guide it in exploring the possibility of selling the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project. The technical working group, chaired by the Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Abdulai Abanga, is made up of experts from the built environment, including professional bodies such as […]
A new High Court judge, Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi, has taken over the case involving a former Minister of Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, and four others facing 52 counts of causing financial loss of $200m to the state over the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project. This is because, Justice Comfort Tasiame, who presided over […]
The Housing Minister has revealed that following an audit report submitted by the Ghana Institution of Surveyors on the Saglemi Housing project it has been revealed that over $114 million has been embezzled by the NDC administration. According to Samuel Atta-Akyea, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the police is interrogating his predecessor and other […]
Accountability and ensuring judicious use of our resources by state officials need the attention of all Ghanaians at all times. This country and the good people of Ghana can simply not afford to continue watching corrupt officials waste our constrained resources to pursue their personal parochial agenda at the expense of development for the masses. […]
Details are emerging about how $200 million earmarked for the construction of 5,000 housing units by the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration was started and could not be completed despite huge sums paid to the contractor. The deal was approved by Parliament but by the time it was being executed, the number of housing […]
