The Minority in Parliament is demanding for the immediate abrogation of a 570 million dollar motorway expansion project awarded to Portuguese contractor Mota-Engil.
Addressing the media, the Adaklu MP and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Road and Transport Committee, Governs Kwame Agbodza
indicated that the contract as it stands is illegal and not binding on Ghana.
“The NDC is not against government developing infrastructure… The government of Ghana owes Ghanaian contractors who work on roads almost close to GHS8 billion, and if you are no longer going to get support financially from Mota Engil to do this project, then what is the essence of signing a design and contract agreement illegally with Mota Engil,” he quizzed.
He opined that the project should be given to Ghanaian contractors.
“27 km of roadwork can be done by Ghanaian contractors, so we are calling on the Minister to abrogate that illegal contract with Mota Engil. They are not qualified. PPA never gave the authorization to sidestep Parliament. They only said you can go sole-sourcing. This contract is illegitimate. It is not binding on Ghana.”
The legislator said the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta, flouted the constitutional provision on the award of the contract.
He explained that the law requires international business and economic transactions to be ratified by Parliament by sidestepping the House in the contract award under the cloak of approval from the Public Procurement Authority.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
