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The Quarm-LMI Consortium, appointed by the government to revive the stalled Saglemi Housing Project, has assured Ghanaians that the over 1,500 housing units will be completed within 400 days and made available for purchase.
This announcement signals progress on a project that has long been mired in delays and controversy.
Kofi Adabor Ofori-Amanfo, Managing Director of the consortium, disclosed that structural integrity tests will be conducted on the existing buildings to assess their stability.
He emphasised that these evaluations are crucial to ensuring the project meets modern safety and quality standards before completion.
In a recent media engagement following a courtesy visit to the Ningo Traditional Council, Mr. Ofori-Amanfo detailed plans for re-engineering parts of the structures.
This work will address any weaknesses in the original construction and guarantee that the housing units are both durable and habitable.
The Saglemi Housing Project, initially conceived as a major initiative to alleviate Ghana's housing deficit, has faced significant setbacks over the years.
These have included allegations of financial irregularities and challenges with project execution, leaving the development incomplete and underutilized.
“Tentatively, we are looking at around 400 days to make sure that the whole place is completed for sale to people. Currently, we inherited the shell structures. And some of them will go through structural integrity tests to make sure that we are not going to sell back to society, something that might just break within time."
“You know, this development has been left for more than seven years. A lot of them have gone through bad weather conditions. Some areas had some flooding that is prone to the environment there. So we need to do a lot of re-engineering over there," he stated.
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