Tag Archives: housing

Government sells Saglemi housing project to private developer

Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has disclosed that a private sector developer has assumed control over government’s Saglemi housing project. According to him, the developer will be in charge of selling the housing units when completed. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Sunday, November 13, 2022, Francis Asenso-Boakye said, …

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Accra floods: Buildings on waterways to be demolished – Works and Housing Minister

Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye says government will soon embark on a mass demolishing of buildings mounted on major waterways in the city of Accra to curb the yearly flooding. He told NEAT FM’s morning show, Ghana Montie, in an interview that, the city authorities will be given the …

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It floods even in America, Europe – Works and housing minister on Accra floods

The Minister of Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has said that the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has invested more to improve Ghana’s drainage system than any other government Ghana has had. According to him, the menace of floods was not peculiar to Ghana because advanced countries with all their technology also …

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Cheddar accused of housing wild tigers in plush Ridge estate as residents live in fear

Some residents of Wanda World Estates, Avenue Lincoln, have reported living in fear of their safety over the presence of some tigers being housed in the estate by the owner. According to a Daily Guide report sighted by GhanaWeb, the two tigers are housed in the building of the estate …

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VIDEO: Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices

Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses the offices of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera …

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VIDEO: Saglemi 1,502 affordable housing project left to rot

  In August 2012, as part of moves to alleviate the housing deficit of this country, the then President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama signed a $280 million deal to construct 5,000 housing units at Saglemi in the Ningo-Prampram District. Then the Government changed hands. Under the new administration, the …

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Ghana needs more affordable houses – Govt told

Mrs Karen Evans Halm, Chief Operating Officer, Spektra Global, has reiterated that Ghana needs more affordable houses to meet the housing deficit and the growing upper and lower-middle-class economic demand. Mrs Halm said according to the Ghana Statistical Service the nation needs in excess of 100,000 housing units annually to …

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Mad rush for State Housing Company houses

State Housing Company’s buildings have become the hottest commodities on the market as hundreds of accommodation seekers continue to throng the offices of the outfit to buy their properties. Their preferred houses which have since been sold out, continue to attract buyers because of their quality and moderate prices according …

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Akufo-Addo opens Asokore-Mampong affordable housing project

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 5th November 2020, commissioned three hundred and twelve (312) completed units under the Asokore-Mampong Affordable Housing Project. The Asokore-Mampong Housing Unit, now referred to as Osei Tutu II Housing Estates, is part of six (6) housing projects started by …

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