The President Nana Akufo Addo on Wednesday, commissioned the Kwabenya Police Barracks Project for the officers, men and women of the Ghana Police Service.

The facility is made up of five hundred and fourteen (514) one- and two-bedroom self-contained flats, of which three hundred and twenty-two (322) have been completed and ready to be occupied.

These units are fitted with modern facilities, and will serve as comfortable homes and afford a conducive working environment for police officers and their families.

Addressing the gathering at the event, Akufo-Addo stated that Government, since assumption of office in 2017, has launched several initiatives aimed at addressing Ghana’s housing deficit, which currently stands at some two million units.

Despite these measures, the President stated that rapid urbanization continues to put immense pressure on our land resources, which has led to the degradation of prime lands, particularly in urban areas.

“That is why Government, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Lands Commission, has embarked on an ambitious urban renewal programme, aimed at redeveloping prime areas in major cities across the country, including the Kumasi Sector 18, Marine Drive Tourism Development Project and the Takoradi Beach Road Redevelopment Scheme, amongst others” he said.

President Akufo-Addo continued, “This facility, which I am commissioning today, is the outcome of one such urban renewal programme, the Aviation City Redevelopment Project at the Airport enclave. It is to pave way for this redevelopment that these state-of-the-art facilities have been constructed, through a public-private partnership with Unique Development Company, for our hardworking men and women of the Ghana Police Service.”