General News of Friday, 12 October 2018Source: Myjoyonline.comSaglemi housing project is 'white elephant'- Atta AkyeaSamuel Atta Akyea, Works and Housing MinisterWorks and Housing Minister Samuel Atta Akyea has described as “white elephant”, a 1500 housing unit built under the Saglemi Housing project at Tsopoli in the Ningo-Prampram District in the Greater Accra Region. According to him, the housing units which were inaugurated by former president John Mahama in 2016 were without basic amenities like water, electricity and drainage systems. They do not have water facilities and decent drainage systems and therefore the money intended for the project has been spirited away with this kind of white elephant we are seeing,” he said. It involved 1,500 units out of the projected 5000 housing units, a project described as ambitious and could reduce the gaping housing deficit in the country. The Housing Minister said a lot has to be done to make the housing unit habitable.

Source: GhanaWeb October 12, 2018 14:03 UTC