Richard Nyamah, a key member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has expressed surprise at the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration.
According to him, the amount of “Chop Chop” has gotten to the point that something needs to be done about it.
His remark comes in the wake of the government’s inability to pay contractors who have completed various government contracts and delivered on their mandates.
Richard Nyamah was speaking on Metro TV in Accra when he expressed his dissatisfaction with his political party’s government.
“The GHC 1.2 billion was not there when the new road fund board assumed office,” he said. The money that was agreed upon, the loan that was taken, was not disbursed.”
When asked by the show host, Randy Abbey, where the money had gone, Richard Nyamah said “it can’t be found”. Randy Abbey then said, “Then your government must be a very useless government.” Then Richard Nyamah continued, “that’s my problem. I’ve got a problem with the government. I’m getting toward there, they must be, and I’ve got a problem with them.” That is why contractors will do what they are doing, ”he said.
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It could be remembered that the Ministry of Roads and Highways in 2021 released GH₵2.2 billion to pay all debts owed road contractors.
In a statement released by the Ministry and signed by the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah, GH¢1 billion of the money will be used to pay for Government of Ghana contracts, while the GH¢1.2 billion will be paid into the Road Fund to settle other debts.
“The government has secured an amount of GHs 2.2 billion to defray part of arrears owed to road contractors. The Ministry of Roads and Highways wishes to state that, out of the total amount of GHs 2.2 billion, GHs 1billion will be paid to contractors funded through the consolidated fund. The remaining GHs 1.2 billion will be paid to contractors funded from the Ghana Road Fund,” the statement said.
“Disbursement has already started and is expected to be completed within a month. It is worthy to note that, this is an unprecedented bulk payment to contractors in the entire history of the road sector. We take this opportunity to appeal to all our contractors to return to their projects and ensure successful completion”, portions of the statement read.
