Former Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea, has described the Saglemi Housing Project as an embarrassment to Ghana.

According to him, it is shocking that a country like Ghana could secure a US$200 million loan to build houses, only for the project to become a white elephant.

“It is an embarrassment to this great nation of ours. We got a loan of US$200 million to construct 5,000 housing units, and now it’s a white elephant. Some people have invaded the space, taken away some infrastructure and messed up the place,” he said.

Samuel Atta Akyea was speaking on Raw with Roselyn when he made the remarks.

He said he had expected President John Dramani Mahama to make the project a priority after securing a second term in office, but that, he noted, had not happened.

“So I thought that when we couldn’t complete Saglemi, which was also an NDC project, that should have been the priority of the second-term King and President Mahama.

“I thought he would say that this project has become a mess, and now that God has given me a second chance, I will go and fix it.

“They are still playing with it and talking about a foreign investor coming to continue from where they left off — a lot of circular arguments that I don’t understand.

“If you get an investor in, what is it going to be like? Then it ceases to be affordable housing because they are profit-oriented. People can’t afford it, and that’s going to be a reversal of our fortunes,” he said.