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Contractors not paid for one year
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Contractors not paid for one year
Contractors working on various government projects across the length and breadth of the country have not been paid for work done, spanning almost a year, according to information reaching the New Statesman.This development goes contrary to claims by the Ministry of Finance that it had, in February this year, released GH¢596.1 million to settle arrears that stood on government books as at the end of December 2010.
The New Statesman can confirm that work done by contractors since June of 2011 has been left unpaid by the Mills-Mahama National Democratic Congress administration, leaving most contractors feeling the pinch of worsening economic conditions in the country.
Government, for instance, in the February statement indicated that it had paid up GH¢141.8 million to GETFund contractors out of the said total amount paid.
Just last week, however, GETFund contractors embarked on a demonstration over the non-payment of GH¢150 million, being the amount of money owed them by government for the construction of the schools under trees project.The contractors claimed that for five months they were yet to be paid, adding that, their creditors were on their necks seeking payment for loans granted them to execute the government contracts.
The contractors were promised payment of the amounts owed them by last week Friday by the administrator of the GETFund, Sam Garbah, but the promise failed to materialise.
The promise to pay them was shifted to today, following a closed door meeting between the management of Ghana Education Trust FUND and the leadership of the contractors last Friday.
The contractors had earlier petitioned President Mills on the management’s refusal to pay for services rendered.
Addressing the contractors last Friday, the Finance Director of GETFUND, Alexis Asuinure, said the FUND had not received disbursement from the Finance Ministry yet.
Most contractors across the country are said to be unhappy at the delay in payment by the Mills-Mahama led administration, describing this development as unprecedented, adding that this never happened during the 8-year tenure of the new Patriotic Party, under the leadership of President John Agyekum Kufuor.
News Desk
Source: The Statesmanonline
