General News of Friday, 12 October 2018Source: classfmonline.comProbe 'white elephant' $200m Saglemi project – Atta Akyea to AG, EOCOWorks and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta AkyeaMinister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea, has urged the Economic and Organised Crime Office and the Attorney General to probe the $200m Saglemi Housing Project over misappropriation of funds by the past Mahama government. In 2016, former President John Dramani Mahama commissioned the first phase of the project to complete 1,500 of 5,000 housing units at Saglemi, near Tsopoli in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Great Accra Region. Commenting on the development, Mr Atta Akyea said: “I can assure you that there is a challenge in terms of how the monies were applied to the project” – matters that he believes the Attorney-General and EOCO “should investigate”. According to Mr him, until basic utilities are provided, the completed units cannot be occupied and put to use. Mr Atta Akyea was of the opinion that the government will need to get “credible people to complete the structures and then when we have amenities like water, electricity and sewage systems, people could go over there”.

Source: GhanaWeb October 12, 2018 13:52 UTC