The Government says it is unperturbed about calls from the opposition to abrogate the STX deal, adding that funds are being sourced private sources to complete the affordable housing units started by the previous regime. The minority in Parliament led by leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, had called on the government at a press conference to immediately abrogate the STX deal and consider the completion of existing 5,500 affordable housing units started by the previous administration and are currently are at various stages of completion. The Minority Leader said the government was obliged by the constitution to continue the efforts of the previous government, hence, their call for the completion of the housing projects. He said the money used to start the projects did not belong to the NPP and therefore if left to go waste; Ghana will lose in the long run and not the NPP. However, Mr Alban Bagbin said affordable housing units started by the NPP government was not meant for the security services and can never be used by them even when completed, saying the Minority’s call for the abrogation of the STS deal is farfetched. More so, he said, funding for the 30,000 housing units cannot be used to complete the affordable housing units estates, saying, “you cannot use the funding for the STX to complete their (the NPP’s administration) affordable housing. It is not possible at all. They should come back again.” The Minister claimed that the government will not allow the affordable housing units initiated by the previous government go waste, but insisted the STX deal would push through and that work will start even before the end of the year. “The Project Implementation Committee have set in place the project company, the National Housing Company, which is incorporated, they also have the supply credit agreement executed, which is currently before the Ministry of Finance,” the Minister added. He revealed that what is left now was for the Korean partners to study and append their signature to the Engineering Procurement and Construction Contract for work to begin. Mr Bagbin said the ministry, together with the other beneficiary institutions, has finally approved all the drawings and designs and is feverishly working on completing all the necessary documentations for the actual work to begin. “Let me just assure Ghanaians that as a people, as a nation, as a government, we have learnt a lot from our experiences … and we will not allow these bad precedence to influence our judgment. We will not go the way of partisan politics. We promise to do anything to make sure the job is done,” Alban Bagbin said. Source: Media Excel