General News of Thursday, 18 May 2017Source: citifmonline.comProvide lands for housing project – Atta Akyea to chiefsAtta Akyea expressed the desire of the Government to focus on maintaining propertyThe Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Samuel Atta Akyea has decried Ghana’s growing housing deficit, which he said was around 1.7 million. He has subsequently, directed all Regional Coordinating Councils to collaborate with chiefs to identify lands for government to liaise with private developers to build affordable housing to address the shortfall. Mr Atta Akyea said this when he paid a courtesy call on the Central Regional Minister as part of a working tour to the Elmina Emergency Sea defence project site on Tuesday. “Available housing data at the ministry shows a housing deficit of 1.7 million. Mr Atta Akyea expressed the desire of the Government to focus on maintaining property and expressed concern that, “anything government is run down and neglected so we need to change it”.

Source: GhanaWeb May 18, 2017 15:22 UTC