Baffour Awuah (middle), Chiraa hene and others inspecting projects at Chiraa SHS
All
contractors of Free SHS projects have been tasked to complete the projects on
time before their certificates for payment will be honoured.
Currently,
there is massive construction of additional facilities such as classroom
blocks, dormitories, assembly halls, dining halls, among others, in various
second cycle schools all over Ghana as part of the
government’s effort to phase out the double track system.
The Minister of Employment and
Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, served the notice when he inspected
ongoing government projects in some schools on Tuesday in his constituency,
Sunyani West.
The inspection took him to Chiraa
Senior High School where he inspected a six-unit classroom block that had
reached roofing level but expressed dissatisfaction that ‘shoddy’ work was being
done by the contractor.
The minister urged the headmaster
and Chiraahene to constantly inspect the ongoing work and give a report.
Apart from the six-unit classroom
block, the minister also inspected ongoing works on three dormitories. He commended
two of the contractors whose work was about 90% complete but again was not
happy with another contractor whose work was less than 40% complete.
The Member of Parliament later met
with staffs and students and on behalf of the Education Minister and handed
over 360 metal dual beds, 720 mattresses and 270 chairs and tables and
teacher’s desks.
The minister advised the students
to study hard in order to chalk up success in their exams to justify the huge
investment the government is making on them.
The Chiraahene, Nana Afari Mintah,
accompanied the minister to inspect the projects and were taken round by the Headmaster
of the school, Francis Antwi-Bosiako.
FROM Daniel Y Dayee, Chiraa
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