Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ofoase/Ayirebi, says the current government’s decision to continue with the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for the Saglemi Housing Project vindicates the approach and underscores the need to mainstream it in addressing Ghana’s housing deficit.
Speaking in an interview with a section of the media at Parliament House on Sunday, Mr Oppong Nkrumah, a former Minister of Works and Housing, said after four years of investigations and prosecutions related to the Saglemi project, the major challenge remained raising between $60 million and $100 million to revive the stalled project.
He explained that due to difficulties in securing public funds, the previous NPP administration adopted a Private Sector Participation (PSP) model under which a private partner would provide the capital and expertise needed to complete the project in phases.
“Under the framework, the completed houses would b
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