Road contractors issue New Year deadline for government to pay arrears

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Constructions Industry, Mr Emmanuel Cherry says they have given government an ultimatum of one week, ending January 1, to pay them all arrears.

Speaking in a radio interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Mr Cherry said they have had a series of meetings with the government with government making lots of promises which they want government to keep.

According to him, if government fail to honour its words, they (contractors) will come out to expose them to the general public.

“We are giving government up to the 1st of January 2020, if nothing is heard we will take action. We have had series of meetings with government and promises have been made. We just want them to go by their words if not we will come out and expose them with the truth”, he stated.

President Akufo-Addo in October this year directed the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ken Ofori-Atta to release some GH¢2.2 billion to pay road contractors working on various roads in the country.

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, had also assured road contractors that their monies would be paid before the end of November 2019.