General News of Thursday, 18 April 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comContractor terminates 5000 Saglemi affordable housing project, asks for compensationDrone footage of the Saglemi Housing Project, AccraThe contractor working on 5,000 government’s affordable housing project, Constratora OAS Ghana Limited, has written to terminate the contract with government. The decision to terminate the $200 million contract, was communicated to government on February 18, the company has said. The contractor was expected to have, by 2016, completed the first phase of the project, with 1,500 housing units. However, on a recent visit by the Works and Housing Committee of Parliament, it was revealed that only a little over 600 housing units have been completed and have been left unused for more than a year now. About the Saglemi Affordable Housing projectThe project which is located at Prampram in the Greater Accra Region was intended to reduce the country’s massive housing deficit.

Source: GhanaWeb April 18, 2019 19:41 UTC