The National Communications Officer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has condemned the Akufo-Addo government for abandoning the Saglemi Housing Project started by the erstwhile Mahama administration. 

Sammy Gyamfi said the decision by the Akufo-Addo government is borne out of sheer wickedness. 

Speaking on Accra based Onua TV on Wednesday, August 9, Mr Gyamfi said the government is majoring in misplaced priorities to the detriment of Ghanaians.

He thus took on the government for spending $58 million on the construction of the controversial National Cathedral Project but could not find the need to complete the Saglemi Housing project.

“They have left the Saglemi Housing Project to rot because it was started by John Mahama and they think that after it is completed, the credit will go him forgetting that it is the taxpayers' money.”,

“Yet, they have sunk over $58 million into constructing national cathedral which is now the biggest swimming pool in the world,” he said. 

Recently, former President John Dramani Mahama criticised President Akufo-Addo for abandoning the Saglemi Housing project. 

Mr Mahama insisted that the President’s decision to abandon the project and yet spend billions of cedis on the controversial National Cathedral is unacceptable. 

In a Facebook post on Monday, August 7, the NDC flagbearer said the Akufo-Addo government just decided to abandon the project merely because it was started by his administration.

According to him, the Akufo-Addo government prioritised their own parochial interests instead of prioritising the interests of the ordinary Ghanaian.

“It is unacceptable for Akufo-Addo to spend over half a billion cedis on a national cathedral project that has ultimately failed due to corruption and is now abandoned, yet refuses to commit funds to complete a housing project that will benefit thousands of Ghanaian families.”

“Knowing the NPP government, they did not want to complete the Saglemi housing project simply because it was initiated by John Mahama and an NDC administration.”