[ 2021-02-17 ]

Delay in paying contractors was due to impact of Covid-19 – Kwasi Amoako-Atta
The Roads Minister-designate, Kwasi Amoako-Atta,
has attributed the delay in paying road
contractors to the negative effects of the
Covid-19 pandemic on the economy.

According to him, the pandemic affected
government’s revenue mobilisation to settle the
arrears owed contractors on time.

Responding to a question posed by the Ranking
Member on the Appointments Committee, Haruna
Iddrisu, the sector Minister, Amoako-Atta assured
the committee of government’s commitment to pay
its indebtedness to contractors.


JoyNews/AdomNews · Delay in paying contractors
due to Covid-19 – Kwasi Amoako Atta
“Mr Chairman, I will not sit down here and say
that all contractors have been paid on schedule
even though the government for the past four years
has made efforts to pay our contractors because of
the good work they render to the country.



“There are also outstanding payments and efforts
are being made as and when monies are released to
the Ministry. But Mr Chairman, we should not lose
sight of the fact of the difficulties we all went
through as a government and as a nation due to
Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.

Mr Amoako Atta, however, denied claims that
government discriminates against some contractors
in the payments of debt owes to contractors.

He stated that the Road Fund is being managed by a
credible Board under a strong leadership who will
ensure that fairness prevails.



Commenting on the road network of the country, Mr
Amoako-Atta said about 39% of Ghana’s road
network of 80,000 kilometers is in good shape
while the remaining 61% needs critical attention.

Source - Joyfm

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