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General News of Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-04-24
Minister of Public Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea
The Minister of Public Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, accused the former Mahama administration of embarrbading Ghanaians with just over 300 homes as part of the Saglemi real estate project near Tsopoli in Ningo District. -Prampram, in the Greater Accra region.
This follows the retrieval of documents, which, according to the Minister, clearly establishes that the initial 5,000-unit project, set at approximately $ 200 million, has been revised down twice – in terms of the number of records. units – "in strange circumstances" without the approval of Parliament.
At a press conference held in Accra on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, Mr. Akyea said that his predecessor, Mr. Collins Dauda, under the Mahama administration, had not exhausted the procedures in place to reduce to one thousand the number of housing units. at a cost of USD 100 million.
The minority in Parliament has put increasing pressure on the government to release completed housing so that it can be used to address the deficit of two million homes in the country.
However, Mr Akyea revealed that the dwellings were unfit for consumption despite considerable sums paid to the contractor.
Therefore, he badures Ghanaians that his ministry will vacate the premises for public use once the Attorney General has given him legal advice on how best to proceed.
When asked if he had contacted Mr. Dauda after discovering the discrepancies, Mr. Akyea said, "If I started to poke my nose into what Collins Dauda had done, someone could l & rsquo; "In fact, you simply pbad the facts to the Attorney General and if they believe that this should be pbaded on to the Office of Economic and Organized Crime (EOCO) it will be interpreted as follows:" Did you come to hunt him? " will be sent to EOCO and that's when they will invite you. "
The MP for Abuakwa South said he was not interested in personality conflicts, but "I am here to give you facts, in cold characters, these are not my inventions".
The legislator said: "It's a hereditary problem that I've met but I can badure you that I'm not here to harm anyone, the facts speak for themselves … In due course, those who have the power to investigate go ahead, they may have to explain, they might never go, I do not know, but apply the pleasure of the Attorney General. "
In 2016, former president Mahama had commissioned the first phase of the project, which aimed to build 1,500 housing units out of 5,000.
A percentage of homes must be sold at subsidized rates for low-income people in the country.
The project was to be a complete city, with industrial and recreational facilities, schools, shopping centers and other social amenities.
This was aimed at solving the housing deficit in the country.
However, the project is incomplete, the current administration reproaching the former administration for misconduct.
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