Legon New hostel to be ready by August

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THE 7,000-bed hostel facility being constructed by the authorities of the University of Ghana, Legon, will be ready for use by students at the beginning of the 2009-2010 academic year.
The hostel facilities are expected to ease the accommodation problem faced by students of the university.
The construction of the facilities, which commenced in October 2007, is expected to be completed in August this year.
When the Daily Graphic team visited the project site on Tuesday, the facilities were at the roofing level.
Workers were seen busily working on the nearly GH¢ 28 million four-storey hostel facility.
According to the acting Director of the Physical Development and Municipal Services, Mr Philip Azundow, the project was on schedule.
He said the internal plastering was far advanced, while the fixing of the windows was about 80 per cent complete, adding that sub-contracts had also been awarded for internal finishing.
Those, he said, included the fixing of floor tiles and sanitary works, among other things.
Mr Azundow said tenders had been opened for external power supplies and evaluation reports were expected soon.
He said the contractor for the biogas plant which would recycle wastes was also on the ground for the construction of the facility.
On the issue of materials for the work, he said, there was no problem, as enough materials were available to complete the work.
Mr Azundow said four students would be assigned to a room, adding that the authorities would be strict on the issue of perching.
Anyone caught hosting a percher would be ejected together with the percher, he warned, and disclosed that this directive was already in force at the Volta Hall.
Alongside the facilities for students, he said, there would be private businesses such as the banks, shops and laundry services. Others are parking lots, bus station, periphery road networks, dedicated substation, water supply system and luxurious greenery of trees, flowery plants and grass, among other things.
The hostel facilities are being financed by a consortium of six banks and the University of Ghana. They banks are Cal Bank, Ecobank, Agricultural Development Bank, Fidelity Bank, Ghana, International Commercial Bank and SG-SSB Ghana.
The firms engaged in the construction works include the Kingdwosco Enterprise Limited, Adanko Company Limited, Jeskan Construction Limited and Bedrock Ventures.