[ 2016-08-11 ]

Inusah Fuseini

Ministry warns ‘lazy’ cocoa road contractors
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Inusah
Fuseini, has warned supposed contractors working
on cocoa roads in the Central Region to speed up
work or risk termination of their contracts.

According to him, some contractors working on
some of the roads despite being given mobilization
funds have deliberately refused to go on site on
time. Inusah Fuseini gave the warning while
briefing journalists at Twifo Praso during a
two-day working visit to are area to inspect
ongoing cocoa road projects in the Region.

He said the visit was necessitated following
complaints from residents around the corridor over
some of the under-performing contractors. “Our
purpose here is simply to do a snap shot
inspection of the roads, identify those
contractors who are not performing, warn them
seriously and if they fail to heed to the warning
we terminate their contract.

Because it is important that having awarded the
roads, people living within the corridor would
feel the presence of the contractors, would
appreciate what we are doing to alleviate their
hardship. So it should not be a situation where
the delay is imposing further hardship on the
people within the corridor,” he stated.

The Minister said government has allocated GHc28
million cedis for the construction of the Twifo
Praso bridge and work would soon commence. “The
Twifo Praso bridge is to be funded from the
enhanced road fund jointly with COCOBOD.

It’s about GHc28 million cedis, we have come to
inspect and we are just waiting to do the
procurement and work would begin,” Mr. Fuseini
added The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr.
Stephen Opuni, said he has warned the
under-performing contractors several times but
said another warning would be accompanied with a
termination letter.

He said COCOBOD has committed $300 million
dollars for road construction alone between 2015
and 2016.

Source - citifmonline.com

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