14/09/2021
Work on 20 houses under affordable housing scheme progressing at Duayaw-Nkwanta
Construction work on the governmentโs Affordable Housing Project has commence at Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Ahafo region, with a total of 20 houses expected to be completed by the close of the year.
Work on the project was progressing steadily, when Dr Freda Prempeh, the Minister of State in-charge of Works and Housing visited the project site on Monday.
The project is a gated community, located along the Duayaw-Nkwanta-Kumasi highway, and it contained two bedrooms, a hall, kitchen, store, toilets and baths.
Three of the houses were virtually completed, while construction works on several others were progressing during the visit.
Dr Prempeh, also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North constituency in the region, told the Sky News in an interview work on the project started about two months ago, and expressed satisfaction about the progress of work.
She explained the government had prioritised the affordable housing project nationwide to provide accommodation for public and civil servants, saying the project was still open for investors.
Meanwhile, Sky Bridge West Africa, a United States Investment company in the housing sector has expressed interest to invest in the nationโs affordable housing project.
Dr Joseph Yaw Mensah, a Consultant working for the Sky Bridge West Africa who accompanied Dr Prempeh, explained the company was ready to pre-finance and construct modern, but affordable houses which Ghanaian workers could afford.
He told our correspondent the company through its local partners, the Motoroo ventures was working out modalities, and prayed a contract would be awarded for it to commence work by the close of the year.
Dr Mensah, a United States Ghanaian-based investor said his company had the capacity to build thousands of houses within a year, and expressed the hope Dr Prempeh would facilitate for the government to award the contract for work to begin.
Skynewsroom