The Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta-Akyea, has urged private investors in the country to do well in investing in the housing sector to help reduce the housing deficit confronting the country.
According to him, the trend whereby investors are investing in other sectors at the neglect or the housing sector, was a bit worrying.
The Minister was speaking at the commissioning of an ultra modern state-private partnership weighbridge facility in Tema in the Greater Accra Region.
Samuel Atta-Akyea commended the Tema Metropolitan Assembly and Q&Q services for the initiative, which will ensure cargo trucks from the Port carry the right weight, and as well do not end up damaging the roads, which has become a major challenge for the government.
He called for similar investment from investors to the housing sector, to help address the housing deficit facing the country.
He challenged investors to equally channel the same support into the sector in constructing more affordable houses for the masses Deputy Transport minister, Titus Glover, also reiterated governments commitment to give equal opportunity and support to private investors and businesses, to flourish and help create more jobs for the teeming youth.
Samuel Atta-Akyea said plans by the Quality & Quantity company, to establish similar facility in Techniman will be supported by government.
The 10 million Ghs weighbridge facility, which is a joint venture between between the Tema Metropolitan Assembly and Quality and Quantity services, a subsidiary of the Kingdom Exim Group of Companies, has auxiliary offices and space for truck waiting in line to be weighed.
The project which will ease the pressure and congestion on existing weighbridge at the Tema Port, will see government taking 30% of revenue, accrued from the facility.
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