A former consultant on the Saglemi housing project, Dr Camynta Baezie, is calling on government to hand over the project to Ghana Home Loans to be given out to the general public on mortgage.
Speaking to Asaase News, Dr Baezie said Ghanaians cannot afford to continue to watch corrupt officials waste public resources to pursue their personal agenda at the expense of the development of the ordinary Ghanaian.
“Well, it is good that investigations are going on but the investigation must not stop the functionality of the building, an agreement was signed with Ghana Home Loans. Hand over the completed buildings to Ghana Home Loans and let them give them out to the general public on mortgage, which is what they are specialised in doing, and which is what they signed the agreement to do, so hand them over, it is as simple as that,” Dr Baezie said.
He added: “So, whatever we can retrieve out of it, we start retrieving it, we have about two million housing deficits, so people are in need of houses and let people get access and start using them.”
About Saglemi housing project
The $200 million Saglemi housing project was initiated by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) when it was in government and was expected to deliver an initial 5,000 housing units.
Covering 300-acre land with one to three-bedroom apartments for low-income earners, the project was intended to reduce the country’s massive housing deficit.
It was commissioned by then president John Mahama in 2016.
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