From Edmund Mingle, Kpone.
The Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday made a case for the Ghana
Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA) as he directed the Ministry of Water
Resources, Works and Housing to actively involve the association in the execution
of government’s ongoing affordable housing projects.
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| Vice President Amissah-Arhur( second right, front roll) with Alhaji Collins Dauda( in smock) and Joe Abbey (third right) during the tour of the affordable housing sites |
He believed that the participation of the GREDA would help to
effectively complete the affordable housing projects across the country.
Vice President Amissah-Arthur, who gave the directive during an
inspection tour of the affordable housing project site at Kpone near Tema on
Tuesday, said it was important that the required resources were mobilized to
complete the project for the benefit of Ghanaians.
When the modalities for the association’s participation are finalized,
GREDA, which has continuously questioned its non-involvement in the project as
a group, would join institutions such as the Tema Development Corporation (TDC)
and the State Housing Company (SHC) to complete the hundreds of blocks of
housing unit at Kpone and Borteyman.
Construction works at the Kpone, Borteyman, Wa, Tamale, Asokori Mampong
and Koforidua sites have stalled for a number of years due to financial and
logistical problems.
But the Vice President indicated that resources need to be found to
complete the projects, which are more than 60 per cent completed, since such
huge investment could not be left to go waste.
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| Vice President Amissah-Arthur in a chat with IGP, Mohammed Alhassan and National Security Coordinator, Lt. Col. Gbevlo Lartey |
“We are determined to have these blocks completed,” he said.
The Vice President, who also toured the Borteyman project site, urged
the sector Ministry to develop innovative means to get resources for the
completion works.
In that regard, he lauded the Ministry for involving the TDC and the SHC
for complete some of the blocks.
The TDC has been allocated 24
blocks consisting of 314 units out of the total of 1,546 units at Kpone to
complete.
According to the Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources,
Works and Housing, more blocks would be allocated to the TDC depending on its
performance on the 24 blocks.
He said five blocks made up of 72 units, which were allocated to the
Military have been completed, adding that arrangements were underway to
allocate some to the Police and other security agencies who have the resources
to complete the allocated blocks.
He explained that the Ministry
was making arrangements with the banks for a mortgage facility to help public
sector workers who would be allocated the houses to repay.
This will ensure that those who finance the project recoup their funds,”
he said.
He assured GREDA of the Ministry’s cooperation, and indication that the
Ministry was prepared to involve investors who have the funds to support the
completion of the projects.
Kwakye Dopoah Dei, President of GREDA, who was part of the tour, thanked
the Vice President for the intervention, and promised that its members would do
their best to deliver.
Joe Abbey, Managing Director of TDC, thanked the Housing Ministry for
the cooperation, and gave the assurance that their 24 blocks would be fully
completed within six months.
Those who joined the Vice President for the tour included the Inspector
General of Police Mohammed Alhassan and Greater Accra Regional Minister, Julius
Debrah.
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