News:
May 8, 2025
The Parliamentary Committee on Works & Housing has called on Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin to visit Saglemi Housing Project and probe into the theft, destruction and deterioration of state of the project.
The committee also urged Government to speed up the process to complete the project for its intended purposes.
The Saglemi Housing Project, initiated in 2012, aimed to provide 5,000 affordable housing units but has faced significant challenges, including vandalism, theft, and deterioration and the project site, comprising over 1,600 housing units, has been overrun by weeds and thieves. Fitting and glass panels have been destroyed, sanitary wares stolen and metal burglar proofs damaged or taken away.
The Parliamentary Committee on Works and Housing, led by Chairman Vincent Oppong Asamoah, conducted a site visit and was shocked by the extent of the damage.
The committee is calling for Parliamentary Probe to investigate the massive theft and vandalism. Prioritizing the project’s completion to salvage what’s left. The Committee calls for removal of politics from the project to ensure its success.
The Minority Spoke Person on Works and Housing added his voice stressing “enough of the politics surrounding the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project”. And it is sad going round with what they have observed with a project that is nearing completion and because of the wrangling the project has been brought back so many steps.
And we should not allow it to become waste on the tax payer and whatever the committee sees fit would be put out.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com