Construction of 600-bed kayayei hostel commences in Agbogbloshie next month

By Iddi Yire, GNA 

Accra, Nov. 13, GNA – Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, on Wednesday announced that preparations are completed and the construction of the first 600-bed kayayei hostel will commence in Agbogbloshie next month.

He said the facility when completed, would provide accommodation and skills training to these vulnerable young women.

He said to address the exclusion of inner city and Zongo communities, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo established a Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development as well as the Zongo Development Fund.  Many projects and interventions have been made in over the last two years with some completed and others ongoing.

He said the projects would cover provision of toilets, drains, Astro turfs and green parks, street lighting, Implementation of Zongo Coders project (software training).

He said the Government of Nana Akufo-Addo campaigned on building a more inclusive society where every community would have equal opportunity in getting access to basic infrastructure and services like water, toilets, markets, education and health.

“This is the rationale behind the launching of the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) initiative,” Mr Ofori-Atta stated.

He said the results of the last three years were impressive, with thousands of projects across the 275 constituencies; adding that these projects were in areas such as water systems and boreholes, toilets, markets, schools, health facilities, markets and the construction of 80 thousand-metric ton warehouses in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture.

He said these warehouses were equipped with dryers, laboratories and solar powered under the “One-District-One-Warehouse Initiative.”

GNA

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