According to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s 2020 Audit Report, the assembly has abandoned six important projects in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, that were started by the previous and current governments.
According to The Chronicle, the KMA granted six projects to contractors for GH¢619,153.32 from the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) and Internally Generated Fund (IGF), but failed to guarantee that the projects were finished on time.
The KMA is said to have paid a total of GH¢193,826.88 to the contractors, leaving an outstanding balance of GH¢ 425,326.44.
The projects which have been neglected by the contractors are a six-unit classroom block, with ancillary facilities, at the Danyame M/A Basic School (Dream Side Construction); Construction of the first phase (ground floor) of a two-story Library complex at State Experimental School at Ridge Nhyiaeso by Asbeck Works Construction Limited; Construction of a six-unit classroom block for State Experimental Basic School (Vebpo Company Limited), and the construction of a six-unit classroom block for Santasi M/A (Yaw Zua Limited).
The rest are the construction of a six-unit classroom block for Adumanu M/A School (Dot Sanni Divine Company Limited) and the construction of a six-unit classroom block for Abrepo M/A JHS at Abrepo (W&E Company Limited).
The report indicated that the delay of these projects could result in cost overruns due to variations in price.
The Chronicle added that “Even though the audit report covered the period between January and December 2020, visits to the sites last month indicated that the projects have been abandoned for years.”
Confirming the report, Headteacher for Danyame MA Basic Primary school told The Chronicle that the project in his school had been abandoned since 2013.
