Surcharge contractors for abandoning Saglemi housing project - MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho West, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah has urged government to recall Construtora OAS Limited; the contractors on the botched Saglemi affordable housing deal, to complete the project.

The legislator, wants the contractors to be surchaged should they fail to return to oversee the project completion.

Mr Bedzrah’s comments follows renewed calls on the government to see to the operationalization of the stalled project after years of abandonment.

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The MP who is a also member of the Works and Housing Committee in Parliament, expressed worry about the lack of commitment to complete the project.

“The contractor has also not done well in the sense that they were supposed to complete first the 1,500 units and sell, [before] the full 5,000 that has been earmarked. That has not been done. So for me, the contractor should be called back or surcharged to account for it. If the performance bond is still around, he should be recalled and that money should be used to complete what has been left for people to occupy [the houses],” he said on Eyewitness News as quoted by Citinewsroom.

“It’s heartache and at least, it is not in our best interest of the country to continue allowing the project to be in this state. The single thing that can be done is to complete it.” he added

The project, which was commenced under the Mahama administration, has stalled due to a decision by the Akufo-Addo administration to probe the financial arrangements around the project.