The Ministry of Roads and Highways has revealed that the government will not award road contracts to contractors with track records of substandard work.
Sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako- Attah, said the government would no longer tolerate the construction of substandard roads in the country.
He was speaking to journalists at the opening of the completed 2.5 km Nanakrom to School Junction road in the Adentan municipality.
The Minister commended Oswal Investments Group, the contractors of the Nanakrom to School Junction stretch, for completing the project ahead of schedule.
Hr said the government will only accept quality road projects and contractors who fail to do that would be blacklisted.
“We have taken all necessary technical steps to avoid that, and we want to make sure that road construction is professionally done.”
“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. In the past these were not there and people who didn’t even own wheelbarrows were parading themselves as contractors.”
“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.”
“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.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
