“I am being urged to pay contractors. I am paying them. In 2017, nearly GH¢1 billion (GOG – GH¢300,400,156.75; Road Fund- GH¢664,091,476.88) of the GH¢1.6 billion owed road contractors was cleared. In January this year, we have disbursed GH¢125 million out of the remainder of GH¢600 million to the contractors", President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said at a media encounter at the Flagstaff House on Wednesday, July 17, 2017, to commemorate his 1-year in office.