WORK on the stalled multi-million dollar Koforidua affordable housing project (off the Akwadum-Suhum road) will soon be revived to ensure its speedy completion.
In this regard, the government is currently sourcing funds from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) and other financial institutions to boost the capacity of the 18 contractors working on the project to enable them to finish work on time.
The Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Ahmed Mustapha disclosed this in Koforidua.
He said “the government is committed to obtaining the needed funds to facilitate the early completion of the project started by the previous government to provide decent accommodation for the people.”
Dr Mustapha said this when he and the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Baba Jamal, paid a working visit to the site of the project last Monday.
The visit was to enable the minister to observe the progress on the project and also have first-hand information about the challenges facing the project, which started in 2007.
The 2,805 housing unit project which is being developed on 106 acres, will comprise 1,056 two-bedroom apartments and 1,523 single bedroom apartments, all contained in four-storey buildings.
The project aimed at alleviating accommodation problems facing workers and their families, will have facilities such as a clinic, a shopping centre, a post office, a community centre, a police post, schools, churches and mosques, to meet the standard of a modern community.
Dr Mustapha said as part of the government’s pursuit of the better agenda policy, all affordable housing projects, including the one at Koforidua, which were started by the previous government, would be given priority to ensure their early completion.
That, he believed, would help provide decent and affordable housing units for Ghanaians, especially average income earning workers and their families.
Dr Mustapha gave the assurance that the government was also determined to acquire legal entitlement to the site for the affordable housing projects to curtail any future litigation that could stall the progress of the project.
He pledged the government’s support for the contractors, stressing “we are ready to partner with you the contractors to identify obstacles that impede the progress of the project.”
For his part, Mr Jamal said the early completion of the Koforidua housing project would provide relief for most workers, who stayed in nearby towns such as Suhum, Akwadum and Akyem Tafo and had to commute daily to Koforidua to work.
He also stated that the proximity of Koforidua and Accra had made the Eastern Regional capital a favourite working destination for most companies and their workers, who he said, were now relocating to the fast-growing area.
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