Gideon Okyere

[rev_slider alias=”GOVERNMENT TO COMPLETE SAGLEMI, OTHER HOUSING PROJECTS — ASENSO-BOAKYE”] The Minister of Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye, says the government is committed to completing all housing projects started by previous administrations. He said the government was, consequently, taking the necessary steps to revive the Saglemi Housing Project and others which faced fundamental challenges. […]

[rev_slider alias=”POKUASE: 8000 HOUSING UNITS PROJECT UNDER REVISED NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMME TAKES OFF”] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 cut the sod for the commencement of an 8,000 housing units project on a 203-acre land at Pokuase in the Greater Accra Region under the Revised National Affordable Housing Programme. Under

[rev_slider alias=”FLOOD CONTROL; AKUFO-ADDO GOVERNMENT INVESTED MORE RESOURCES THAN ANY OTHER GOVERNMENT – HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE”] The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye (MP) believes the Government of H.E Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has committed more funds to tackling the perennial challenge of flooding and building resilience of communities than any other government in the

[rev_slider alias=”CABINET DECLARES FLOODING A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE – HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE”] Cabinet has declared the country’s perennial flooding that continue to affect lives, livelihood and properties as a national security issue and has subsequently called on the various law enforcement agencies to play a critical role to address the challenge. In view of this, Cabinet

[rev_slider alias=”HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE PROPOSES FUNDING SOURCES TO ADDRESS FLOODING”] The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has empathized the need for a dedicated source of funding to tackle the country’s vulnerability to incidence of flooding that is gradually becoming a national menace. Given the scale of flooding challenges in flood-prone areas and especially, in

[rev_slider alias=”Ghana Hydrological Authority signs MOU with Harris County Flood Control District”] Houston, Texas, – The Ghana Hydrological Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Harris County Flood Control District, Texas. The MoU focuses on collaboration in information sharing regarding flood risk reduction solutions and flood resiliency and mitigation strategies. The signing

[rev_slider alias=”HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE OPENS CONFERENCE ON WEST AFRICA’S PRECAST AND CONCRETE INDUSTRY”] The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye (MP) opened the 1st International Concrete Conference with a call on international investors to consider the endless opportunities that are available within the country’s building and construction industries. The sector Minister reiterated government’s commitment

[rev_slider alias=”DEVELOP DRAINAGE MASTERPLAN TO ADDRESS FLOODING ISSUES- HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE TO GHANA HYDRO BOARD”] The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye (MP) had charged the Governing Board of the newly established Ghana Hydrological Authority to assist in developing a drainage masterplan that will be crucial in the country to address the perennial flooding

[rev_slider alias=”HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE CAUTIONS AGAINST INAPPROPRIATE WASTE DISPOSAL BEHAVIOURS AHEAD OF THE RAINY SEASON”] The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye has cautioned against the inappropriate ways of disposing off solid waste in drainage channels as the country braces itself for the onset of the rainy season.  Despite the successes chalked in the

[rev_slider alias=”FLOOD EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TO BE DEPLOYED IN FLOOD-RISK COMMUNITIES – HON. ASENSO-BOAKYE”] The Minister for Works and Housing, Hon. Francis Asenso-Boakye has disclosed that people living in communities prone to the menace of flooding will have the benefit of advance notice of flooding in order to take steps and protect their lives and