Parliamentary Committee calls for swift action on delayed affordable housing project

The Parliamentary Select Committee connected Works and Housing has called connected the authorities to expedite the completion of the Affordable Housing Project astatine Pokuase-Mayera successful Accra.

During a moving sojourn to the task tract connected Monday, May 5, 2025, the Committee Chairman, Vincent Oppong Asamoah, emphasised the urgent request for authorities action.

The sojourn provided committee members with a firsthand look astatine the project's existent presumption and imaginable strategies for its completion.

"If we don’t enactment now, encroachment volition worsen, putting infrastructure and quality lives astatine risk," helium warned.

He stressed the value of the Ministry of Finance releasing the indispensable funds without further hold to facilitate the project's completion.

According to Oppong Asamoah, the lodging project, which was primitively scheduled for completion successful 2024, remains acold from finished owed to delayed disbursement of funds.

“With respect to the roadworthy infrastructure, the contractor has indicated that helium wasn’t adjacent paid mobilization fees. We request to urgently code these outstanding issues, which the authorities indispensable resolve,” helium stated.

Expressing heavy interest implicit the delay, helium described the task arsenic a cardinal authorities inaugural hindered chiefly by a deficiency of timely funding.

“According to the enactment plan, this should person been completed successful 2024, but arsenic you tin see, there's nary disposable structure. We’re besides facing interference from encroachers, section residents, and landguards. None of america is satisfied with the existent authorities of affairs, and it’s wide the authorities has not fulfilled its portion of the contract,” helium lamented.

He compared the stalled task to the Saglemi Housing Project, saying, “These are captious lodging interventions, and the deficiency of fiscal enactment is jeopardising their success.”

The concern is further analyzable by the activities of encroachers and landguards, who are hindering progress, with immoderate reportedly attempting to disrupt the committee’s visit.

In airy of this, Oppong Asamoah emphasized the request to code the information risks posed by these groups, informing that further delays could embolden amerciable occupants and endanger operation workers.

“Considering the determination of this project, it’s a premier country successful Accra. Many would beryllium arrogant to unrecorded here. Unfortunately, encroachers and landguards person go a large nuisance. The authorities indispensable intervene and instrumentality this task seriously,” helium noted.

He stressed the urgency of completing the task earlier further encroachment occurs.

“It’s bully that we came here, and we’ll travel up. We’ll prosecute the Minister of Finance to research backing options to guarantee the project’s afloat implementation. Since it falls nether the Ministry of Works and Housing, the Minister indispensable prioritize it,” helium said.

Despite the challenges, Oppong Asamoah expressed optimism astir the project's future.

“Once completed, this volition beryllium a beauteous residential community. In fact, I’d beryllium blessed to unrecorded present myself. The country is peaceful, well-located, and has large imaginable for families looking for a decent spot to telephone home,” helium added.

SP/MA

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