Ahiagbah Says Saglemi Housing Project Is Complete Financial Loss To The State

The Directo of Communications for the overmining New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahiagbah has hit back at former President Mahama and the NDC over the Saglemi housing project.

Former President John Dramani Mahama recently took a swipe at President Akufo-Addo for abandoning the project which could have served as home for thousands of Ghanaians but choose to spend billions of cedis on a national cathedral.

“It is unacceptable for Akufo-Addo to spend over half a billion cedis on a national cathedral project that has ultimately failed due to corruption and is now abandoned, yet refuses to commit funds to complete a housing project that will benefit thousands of Ghanaian families.”

According to the former President, the President Akufo-Addo is only abandoning the projects because it was started by the erstwhile NDC administration.

“Knowing the NPP government, they did not want to complete the Saglemi housing project simply because it was initiated by John Mahama and an NDC administration,” he stated.

“The misplaced priorities of a government that claims it is unable to raise money to complete the Saglemi housing project and yet is willing to spend half a billion cedis on the largest civil excavation in Africa is a humiliating slap in the face of Ghanaians who entrusted Akufo Addo with their mandate,” added the former president.

In a tweet on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, the ruling party’s spokesperson described as painful, hearing the NDC talk about the waste and illegality they supervised at Saglemi.

He described the project as a complete financial loss to the state and called on Ghanaians to support the court to deal with the case.

“It’s painful to hear the NDC talk about Saglemi given the waste and illegality they supervised. A complete financial loss to the state. Perhaps, it is time for Ghanaians to call on the judiciary to bite harder and faster in the Saglemi case before it,” he wrote.