Mahama Outlines Plan for New Green City Spanning 3 Regions: “There Will Be No Kiosks and Containers”
- President John Mahama announced a long-term plan to develop a new Green Digital City to ease the pressure on Accra
- Mahama shared his vision to integrate energy innovation with industrial transformation during a sod-cutting ceremony
- The president described the city as a 20-year project that will span three regions and will incorporate the Saglemi Housing Estate
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The Mahama administration is planning a new city to decongest Accra called Green Digital City.
The government wants to relocate key government agencies as part of this plan.
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President John Mahama announced this plan on November 6 at Dawa. He was cutting sod for the 200MWp Solar for Industries (SFI) project.
The new city will stretch from the Dawa Industrial Zone, incorporating the controversial Saglemi Housing Estate, through the Bundase Military Range, into the Volta and Eastern regions.
"This will be a new city that will attract investment, it will attract tourism, it will be a smart city.
"It will have a modern drainage system, it will have good sanitation, there will be no kiosks and containers in that city, and people will not be walking by the roadside," he added.
He explained that the city would be meticulously planned with distinct enclaves for industry, residences, offices, commerce and finance.
The President revealed that the feasibility study and design for this ambitious city were set to commence by the end of 2025.
How much has been spent on Saglemi so far?
The Saglemi Housing project has been held up as a marker of government waste and poor execution of housing policy.
The Akufo-Addo administration explored a potential partnership with a private developer on the Saglemi Affordable Housing Project
Then-President Akufo-Addo earlier disclosed that $198 million had already been spent on the project, which remains abandoned.
Works on the Saglemi Housing Project began in 2016 under the first Mahama administration.
Ghana had secured a $200 million credit facility from Credit Suisse International to construct affordable housing units by Construtora OAS Limited.
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Bawumia commissions over Kpone affordable housing units
In November 2024, then-Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned phases one to three of the Kpone Affordable Housing Project.
The commissioning marks the completion of 1,072 affordable housing units in the area.
He also broke ground for the commencement of phase four of the initiative, which would see the construction of an additional 800 units, increasing the total housing units in the area to 1,872.
The Kpone affordable housing project was initiated in 2006 by the Kufuor administration.
Man breaks down over housing agent fees
YEN.com.gh reported that tenant warned Ghanaians about the exploitative practices of rental/housing agents.
In the trending video, he detailed two primary issues he had personally encountered with many housing agents including the charging of exorbitant viewing fees from their customers.
He cited an instance in which an agent collected a non-refundable viewing fee of GH₵200 just to see an apartment.
Source: YEN.com.gh
