Minister to blacklist contractors for shoddy work
The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Ephraim Avea Nsoh, has warned that consultants and contractors who do shoddy work on government projects in the region will be blacklisted.
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He said they could have their contract terminated should they fail to supervise their work, use the right materials or hand over projects on time.
Dr Nsoh said this at the weekend when he inspected on-going government projects in the Wa Municipality.
The minister inspected the Regional Innovation Centre, which was started in 2009 by the Ministry of Communication at the cost of GH¢382,000. Work on the project is 85 per cent complete, though it was expected to have been completed in 2012.
Dr Nsoh also visited the site for the construction of the new Upper West Regional Library. The project is being executed by Messrs Consar Limited. The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) project, which was given out on contract in 2010 at a cost of GH¢3,000,000, is 60 per cent complete.
At the Wa Senior High Technical School, the regional minister inspected eight projects: An assembly hall, a science and mathematics laboratory, a dining hall and a kitchen, an administration block, dormitory blocks, semi-detached quarters, classrooms and a wall.
Six of the projects have been completed and handed over to the school for use while a 12-unit classroom block that is yet to be completed is in use. The dormitory block is also yet to be completed.
Dr Nsoh later inspected the site for a proposed hall of residence for students of the University of Development Studies, lecture hall complex, clinic, library complex with offices, a 12-unit classroom for the Wa Senior High School and a primary and administration block for the Wa School for the Deaf.
He expressed satisfaction with most of the projects that were under construction and encouraged the contractors to speed up.
Dr Nsoh told the contractors not to use the inadequate allocation of funds for the projects as an excuse to delay the completion of the projects.
The Dean in charge of the Wa Campus for the University of Development Studies, Prof. Francis Z.L. Bacho, commended the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council for the support given to the Wa Campus since its establishment in September, 2002.
He said they could open up more faculties on the Wa Campus should the projects under construction be completed on time. — GNA