No pay for contractors who do shoddy roads – Roads Minister
The government will not pay road contractors who do unprofessional jobs, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has announced.
The minister was speaking at the opening to traffic of the 2.5-kilometre Nanakrom-School Junction road located in the Adentan municipality, Accra on Thursday, 16 December 2021.
According to Mr Amoako-Attah, the ministry has put in place all the necessary measures to stop contractors from doing an unprofessional job.
He noted: “We have taken all [the] necessary technical steps to avoid that and we want to make sure that road construction is professionally done.
The minister further revealed that contractors hoping to work on government projects will have to go through the process to prove their ability to do a professional job before awarded contracts.
“Even now, there is a problem in the country where all contractors are being asked to go through reclassification processes because that will inform us on the type of work a particular contractor can do and their capacity and competency to execute a particular job”, he said.
“In the past these were not there and people who didn’t even own wheelbarrows were parading themselves as contractors,” the minister stated.
He also indicated that the government is keen on ensuring that Ghanaians are provided with quality roads.
“We are providing the people of this country with high-level infrastructure. Never again will Ghanaians be denied value for money in whatever we do.”
He added: “In the roads sector, let me put it on record strongly that there is no contractor in this country who would be allowed to provide poor infrastructure in terms of road construction, bridges, or whatever that we will pay for.”
The 2.5-kilometre Nanakrom-School Junction road was completed ahead of the scheduled date by the Oswal Investments Group.
Source: classfmonline.com
Trending News
Houseboy held for Adu Boahen's son's murder
02:33Internet cut: We were saved by our proactive measures - NCA
05:44COCOBOD trial: No fertiliser, CEO is blameable for production fall - Dir. of RM&E tells court
12:49Delayed anti-gay bill signing: Methodist Church meets Akufo-Addo on ‘best way forward’
02:352020 polls: I’ll be better than ‘failed’, twice-rejected Mahama – Bawumia says ex-president Fourth Republic’s ‘worst’
03:01Nsawam, Kade, Adieso, Asamakesse, Koforidua others to get modern retail markets under my administration-Alan
11:37Alan unveils his governance style and reforms, promises forty ministries
20:43Karaga chieftaincy imbroglio: One killed, 12 bullet-injured in army-civilian clash
02:08DLE:EC yet to account for 28 BRVs
10:32National Defense University timely for regional security: GTEC
19:00