Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, the Minister of Roads and Highways, has expressed dissatisfaction about poor work being done by China Water and Electrical Company, a Chinese construction firm, on the Madina-Adenta-Pantang road.
He has, therefore, called for the review of the work so far undertaken by the firm, for possible termination or review of the contract.
The Minister said this on Wednesday when, he together with officials of the Ministry of Roads and Highways and Ghana Highway Authority, inspected work on the road.
He expressed worry about the quality of materials, and mostly the flood that engulfed the areas, where the firm was installing traffic lights and street lights whenever it rained.
The Chinese firm was contracted in 2009 to fix traffic lights, street lights and road markings on the already constructed road, which starts from Madina through to Adenta to Pantang.
He urged the contractors to re-design the project, and submit it to the Ministry for the needed consideration or disapproval.
He again expressed worry about the activities of hawkers on pavements earmarked for pedestrians, and even on the roads, and called for the use of crush barriers along the pavements, to stop hawkers from taking over the pavements and roads.
The minister advocated the strict adherence of the law on local content, to ensure that Ghanaians took part in the execution of contracts awarded to foreign companies operating in the country.
Mr Wei Gang, the Deputy Project Manager, Chinese Water and Electrical Company, said the project which started in 2009 and should have been completed within 18 months, had delayed due to the irregular flow of funds.
However, Mr Shelter Lostu, Resident Engineer at the Ghana Highway Authority, said payment for the completion of the project had already been done.
He said the Ghana Highways Authority would assist the Ministry to dig more deep into the quality of work done by the contractor, and if not satisfied would consider going in for sub-contractors to take charge of the various aspects of the project, including the fixing of street lights, traffic lights and road markings.
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