As part of efforts to address accommodation challenges faced by public sector workers, the government is constructing fifteen-bedroom self-contained flats.

According to President Akufo-Addo, the edifice will be occupied by employees of the Ghana Meteorological Agency, the Ghana Airport Company Limited, and the Greater Accra Regional Office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA).

Speaking at the commissioning of the Kwabenya Police Barracks Project on Wednesday, April 19, the president noted that works are far advanced to ensure the implementation of the Aviation City Project.

“I have been briefed that work is also far advanced on the construction of fifteen-bedroom self-contained flats for the Ghana Meteorological Agency, the Ghana Airport Company Limited, and the Greater Accra Regional Office of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA). The completion of these projects is crucial to the implementation of the Aviation City Project,” President Akufo-Addo said.

Since assuming office in 2017, the government has launched several initiatives aimed at addressing Ghana's housing deficit, which currently stands at some two million units.

On Thursday, the Ghana Police Service received five hundred and fourteen (514) one- and two-bedroom self-contained flats, of which three hundred and twenty-two (322) have been completed and ready to be occupied.

Aside from residential purposes, the Kwabenya Police Barracks Project also provides a school with modern facilities, a clinic, an astroturf football field, a tennis court, a standby generator, a police station, a fuel filling station, a workshop enclave and other essential amenities.

This, the President said, “is further testimony of our unwavering commitment to provide decent accommodation and other facilities for our security personnel. Not only will this facility improve the welfare of our police officers, it will also enhance their capacity to serve our nation even more effectively.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, and the developer the Lands Commission and Unique Development Company have been entreated to work in earnest and complete the remaining one hundred and ninety-two (192) housing units, and other facilities that make-up the second phase of the project.

Source: The Independent Ghana