The Minority in Parliament has asked the government to ensure the payment of arrears owed to road contractors.
The Roads and Highways and Transport Committee of Parliament has raised concerns over the Ministry of Roads’ high indebtedness of GH₵ 5.9 billion to contractors at the Ghana Road Fund Secretariat.
Parliament has approved an amount of over GH₵ 5, 295,359,626 for the services of the Ministry of Roads and Highways for the year 2023.
“Let us not take this for granted. If a road contract is awarded, a contractor is assigned and given a certain amount of work. If for two to three years you don’t pay the contractor, the road deteriorates. That occasions cost to the State. My observation is that many of these contractors borrowed from the financial institutions that have collapsed; payment didn’t go to the contractors but to the banks.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
