[ads2] The Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye has commissioned and handed over the North-Kaneshie residential unit in Accra on Wednesday to its new owners. The North-Kaneshie residential unit is part of the Government’s Affordable Housing project nationwide. The unit which contains two bedroom apartments and beyond sells at GHS586,000 and above. At the commission exercise, the sector Minister said the target beneficiaries of the unit are bankers, civil servants and other middle to low income earners. Below are some pictures [ads5]
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[ads3] Parliament has expressed discontent in government’s commitment to improving the works and housing sector following what it describes as meager budgetary allocation for the sector for the year 2021. This was revealed during the consideration of a report by parliament’s committee on works and housing before the House went on recess. In all, an amount of GH¢175,046,585 was approved for the Ministry of Works and Housing, which has been described as insufficient, and amounts to a paltry 4% of the total budget allocation for the infrastructure sector. While the Ministries of Roads and Highways had an allocation of 47%…
[ads2] The Ghana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has successfully held the boy’s category of the U-15 Seven’s Tournament at the Sakasaka Community Park in Tamale. Despite the deadly Coronavirus frustrating businesses and schools around the globe as well as sporting activities, the Ghana Rugby is organizing these tournaments in all the zones of the Union (GARA, CENTWEST and NRRA). The tournament dubbed ‘Getting Into Rugby’ is the basis for growth and the aim is to introduce a GIR championship which will help develop players for the future. Four teams namely Sakasaka Community, Moshie Zongo Community, Kanvile Community and Kalpohin Community…
[ads2] The World Bank has assured government of its support for the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project and other flood mitigation projects being implemented in the country. This was made known by the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Mr. Pierre Laporte when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye in his office. “The World Bank is committed to supporting government’s efforts at mitigating flooding and its negative impacts on the people of Ghana. I appreciate your dynamism and commitment as a Minister and trust…
[ads2] The French ports-to-media conglomerate, Bolloré Africa Logistics, partnered by the Danishshipping giant Maersk’s ports arm, APM Terminals, opened a hugely profitable, state-of-the-art container terminal at Ghana’s Tema port in July 2019. It’s the latest link in a chain of 18 West African container terminals run by the French billionaire and his partners. Africa Confidential has uncovered how they won the right to build and run the new container port of Tema, a lifeline not only for Ghana but for landlocked Burkina Faso and Mali, through their 70% owned joint venture with the Ghana government, Meridian Port Services (MPS). It…
[ads3] The Ghana Rugby Football Union hosted an U15 Boys/Girls 7s tournament at the St. Thomas Aquinas School, Accra. These tournaments are being held in all the zones of the Union (GARA, CENTWEST and NRRA). Since the devastating Covid 19 didn’t only frustrated business and schools around the globe but also affected all sporting activities,the aim of the tournament was to to introduce a GIR (Getting into Rugby) championship which will help develop players for the future. Nine (9) boys teams and 7 girls teams represented from the various communities namely; William Wilberforce Int. Community. Yes Yes, Future Leaders Hunters…
[ads3] Government has reiterated its resolve at improving the perennial flooding challenges in Accra through the implementation of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project with funding from the World Bank. At the third (3rd) Steering Committee meeting of the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project held in Accra, chairman of the inter-ministerial committee and Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, said the project when completed will help improve flood risk and solid waste management while improving access to basic infrastructure and services in the targeted flood prone communities in the Greater Accra region. “The…
[ads2] The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye as part of his working tour, has visited various drainage sites in Accra to assess drainage works being undertaken by the Ministry. The sites included the Odaw- Onyasia confluence at Caprice, Kwame Nkrumah circle project, Upper and Lower Korle lagoons. Messrs Dredge Masters is currently undertaking the dredging of the Odaw drain from Caprice to the outfall including the Lower and Upper Lagoons. Other sites toured by the Minister included the Santa Maria Drainage Project site and Apenkwa Drainage Project site among others. Following the surge in flood cases, especially in…
[ads3] The Works and Housing Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye on Monday, March 22 held a meeting with three-member delegation from the Local Organizing Committee of the thirteenth All African Games to be held in Ghana in 2023. This came after the three-member delegation from the Local Organizing Committee paid a courtesy call on the Works and Housing Minister The purpose of the visit was to welcome the minister to his new office and also table some concerns of the Committee before the Ministry Hon. Asenso-Boakye assured the Committee of government’s commitment through the Ministry of Works and Housing in ensuring that…
[ads2] A review by the EU’s medicines regulator has concluded the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is “safe and effective”, and its benefits outweigh the risks. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) found the vaccine was “not associated” with a higher risk of blood clots. But it said it would continue to study the possibility of such links. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday called on countries to continue using the vaccine. Decisions to suspend use of the vaccine by 13 EU states sparked concerns over the pace of the region’s vaccination drive, which had already been affected by supply shortages. Much…