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Constratora OAS Ghana Limited, the contractor working on 5,000 affordable housing units of the government, has written to terminate the contract with the government.
The decision to terminate the $ 200 million contract was communicated to the government on February 18, the company said.
The contractor, in another letter dated March 8 and signed by the directors of the company, Charles Maia Galvao and Ricardo Rocha Ulm da Silva, claimed compensation from the government.
"… In addition, following termination and the provisions of the Agreement, the Contractor hereby presents a variant to cover the additional costs incurred by the Contractor due to delays and disruptions that have affected the project and are attributable to the Contractor. Employer, "says the letter to the Chief Director of the Ministry of Works and Housing.
The letter mentioned some of the government actions contributing to the disruption as follows: "(i) a tax exemption not fully granted in accordance with the terms of the contract; (ii) a tax exemption granted beyond the period specified in the contract; (iii) The costs of reducing the space available for the work and, in addition, the suspension of the work. "
State traded
On Wednesday, sector minister Samuel Atta-Akyea said the government was planning to end the Saglemi housing project.
According to him, the government of John Mahama has reached a $ 200 million deal that has served the state badly.
The case, he said, had been referred to the Attorney General for opinion.
"We have become aware of this dubious gap in terms of the amount of the contract and the delivery of the housing units and we believe that the badysis of the value for money is causing problems," he said. at Citi FM, based in Accra.
The contractor was to have completed, in 2016, the first phase of the project, with 1,500 housing units.
However, during a recent visit to the Parliamentary Committee on Labor and Housing, it was revealed that just over 600 housing units had been completed and had not been used for more than 30 years. ;a year.
"You noticed that the houses started to crack because no one lives there", two years after its completion, Emmanuel Bedzrah, spokesperson of the Committee of minorities to the Committee, complained of the PM Joy News Express Wednesday.
The government will not be intimidated
Committee Vice-Chair Kwaku Asante Boateng, in an interview with Joy News, said the group would review the issues raised by the contractor and inform the ministry.
Listen to it in the attached audio:
About Saglemi Affordable Housing Project
The project, located in Prampram in the Greater Accra region, aimed to reduce the huge housing deficit in the country.
It is located on a 300 acre lot with one to three bedroom apartments for low income people and includes the completion of approximately 5,000 residential units.
It comprises buildings from 3 to 9 floors, consisting of 6 to 9 apartments, with a living area ranging from 40 sqm to 85 sqm.
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