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President Mahama cuts sod for 5,000 affordable housing units As part of government’s plan to reduce housing deficit by 2016, the President, John Dramani Mahama has cut sod for the commencement of 5,000 affordable housing units for low and middle income earners across the country. Speaking at the ceremony, the President indicated that government expects a significant number of the houses to be completed and delivered by Construtora OAS, a Brazilian construction firm, before end of 2016. This construct adds to several partnerships between the two countries with the latest being a 74 million euros Brazilian government loan to fund a three-tier interchange at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. According to the president, government was finalising a deal with the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), to take over the funding and completion of the 5,000 abandoned housing units in Accra, Kumasi, Wa and Tamale. He disclosed that negotiation between Brazilian...

AMA evicts traders at Tip Toe Lane for Kwame Nkrumah Interchange   Hundreds of traders along the popular Tip Toe Lane at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra were yesterday forcibly ejected in what the police said was the beginning of a widespread exercise to pave the way for the construction of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange. Container shops, a prayer space for Muslims, kiosks and other wooden structures were all pulled down, while their owners salvaged their property. But the exercise left in its trail bitter comments between the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso Central, Mr Henry Quartey, and the Greater Accra Regional Police Director of Operations, Chief Superintendent Mr Sylvester Bayuo. The MP accused the police of using needless force to carry out a politically motivated exercise targeted mainly at supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), while the police boss, in turn, accused the MP of inciting the agitated traders against the polic...