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Minister
of
Works
and
Housing
Kojo
Oppong
Nkrumah
has
said
that
the
government
is
committed
to
transparency
and
fairness
in
the
selection
process
in
the
bid
for
the
resumption
of
works
on
the
long-stalled
Saglemi
Housing
Project
He
says
the
Public
Procurement
Authority
is
assisting
in
choosing
an
independent
evaluation
entity.
Mr
Oppong
Nkrumah
indicated
that
completing
the
Saglemi
project
is
important
in
addressing
Ghana’s
1.8
million
housing
deficit.
He
made
this
pronouncement
after
the
Ministry
received
five
bids
for
the
resumption
of
works
on
the
long-stalled
Saglemi
Housing
Project
on
Monday,
July
8.
This
marks
a
significant
step
towards
completing
the
project,
Mr
Oppong
Nkrumah
said.
The
bids
were
received
from:
-
Afro
Arab
Properties
Ltd -
Quarm-LMI
Consortium -
Dredge
Masters-Titanium -
Broll
Ghana
Ltd -
Masiltin
Group
“We
are
committed
to
transparency
and
fairness
in
the
selection
process,
with
the
Public
Procurement
Authority
assisting
in
choosing
an
independent
evaluation
entity.
The
successful
developer
will
be
tasked
with
completing
1,506
units
and
essential
infrastructure.
Completing
the
Saglemi
project
is
vital
for
addressing
Ghana’s
1.8
million
housing
deficit.
Thank
you
to
all
stakeholders
for
their
dedication
and
service,”
Mr
Oppong
Nkrumah
who
is
also
lawmaker
for
Ofoase
Ayirebi
lawmaker
said.
The
Saglemi
housing
units
project
was
started
by
the
John
Mahama-led
government
in
2012.
A
loan
of
$200
million
was
secured
to
construct
an
initial
5,000
affordable
housing
units
to
be
sold
to
citizens
but
as
of
2017,
1,506
units
were
built
but
not
completed.
The
projects
stalled
after
the
NPP
government
took
over,
citing
legal
issues.
Government
has
now
resolved
to
complete
the
project
and
in
April
this
year,
a
request
for
proposal
was
made
inviting
private
sector
participation.
Mr
Oppong
Nkrumah
said
“We
have
already
requested
of
the
Public
Procurement
Authority
(PPA)
to
help
us
to
select
an
independent
evaluation
entity
and
I
do
understand
that
four
organisations
are
pre-
qualified
by
the
PPA
out
of
which
we
will
select
one.
We
will
select
one
of
these
accounting
firms
by
close
of
business
on
Wednesday
and
we
will
hand
over
all
of
these
bids
to
the
independent
evaluation
entity,
so
that
they
do
the
evaluation
and
submit
to
us
the
evaluation
report,’’
Mr
Oppong
Nkrumah
explained.
He
stressed
that
the
Ministry
is
working
with
the
Public
Procurement
Authority
to
ensure
that
the
process
is
transparent.
“We
are
committed
as
a
Ministry
in
accordance
with
our
transparency
policy
in
transactions
of
this
nature
and
in
accordance
with
the
proactive
disclosure
sections
of
the
Right
to
Information
Act…and
we
will
publish
online
all
of
these
bids
we
have
received,
and
we
will
also
publish
the
evaluation
report
that
comes.
So
that
every
Ghanaian
knows
how
these
bids
were
evaluated,”
he
assured.
The
Minister
noted
that
the
housing
units
currently
do
not
have
electricity,
water
and
sewage
system
but
emphasized
government’s
commitment
to
seeing
to
it
that
they
are
redeveloped
and
handed
over
for
use.
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