The Minister of Roads and Highways, Governor Kwame Agboza, has given an ultimatum to the contractors developing the 71.25km Elbo-Enchi street that they are going to be evicted if they don’t full the challenge on time.
He expressed disappointment on the sluggish tempo of labor of the contractor, High Worldwide Engineering Firm (TEIC), after being paid a mobilization payment of GHF80.2 million in December 2025.
Mr. Agboza spoke throughout an inspection of the challenge web site.
“If we had not paid the contractor GHF82 million, we’d have terminated the contract instantly,” the minister added.
He stated if the contractor was nonetheless within the challenge, he and his representatives should seem earlier than the Ghana Highways Authority throughout the week.
The minister added: “There are such a lot of contractors who need this work. If you cannot do it, please stand down.”
The challenge, which started final December, is scheduled to be accomplished in two years.
And on account of the delays, residents of the 2 cocoa-growing cities, particularly pregnant girls, are being subjected to the terrifying ordeal of commuting from one place to a different.
In all of the locations the minister stopped, residents appealed to the federal government to make the roads satisfactory to motorists to alleviate their hardships.
state of affairs
“In truth, this is likely one of the worst circumstances since we began monitoring the challenge.
The worst factor is that the beneficiary of this firm is just not staying within the nation and regardless of while you name him, he isn’t there.
“You aren’t a foreigner however a Ghanaian and you can’t obtain our GH¢80.2 million and we can not discover you after we search for you,” Agboza stated.
He described the present situation of the street as horrible.
“We spoke to girls who instructed us in regards to the ordeals they’re going by way of, a few of which have truly resulted in dying,” he stated, including that it was to forestall such incidents that President John Dramani Mahama prioritized roads below the Massive Push challenge.
response
High Worldwide Engineering (GH) Restricted acknowledged the considerations raised by the Minister and guaranteed its readiness to work with the Ministry and all stakeholders to deal with the considerations raised.
“We want to convey that we’ve got efficiently constructed the 56km Asankuragwa-Ench Expressway Mission within the Western North Area, which was accomplished over 15 years in the past and continues to supply public companies with none main quality-related points.
“This displays our long-standing dedication to high quality street infrastructure and our potential to ship sturdy initiatives within the area,” the corporate stated in an announcement.
