{"id":405487,"date":"2017-07-26T13:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T13:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/26\/locals-untrustworthy-foreigners-to-get-government-projects-atta-akyea\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T13:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T13:28:21","slug":"locals-untrustworthy-foreigners-to-get-government-projects-atta-akyea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/26\/locals-untrustworthy-foreigners-to-get-government-projects-atta-akyea\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals untrustworthy, foreigners to get government projects \u2013 Atta-Akyea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 26 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/83717027.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atta Akyea Fresh1\" title=\"Atta Akyea Fresh1\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Atta-Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150106940064497\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940064497\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501075701_46_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Priority will be given to foreign engineers on key government projects because of the inability of local engineers execute projects to the required qualitative standards, the Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta-Akyea has said.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister had some harsh words for local engineers as he intimated that they were preoccupied with making money, as opposed to ensuring lasting projects.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, he noted that foreign contractors were preferred \u201cbecause they have distinguished themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Atta-Akyea made these remarks at the Engineering Council as part of a one day working tour, where he acknowledged the need for local content and Ghanaian involvement in key projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026after all, you go and bring engineers from Israel to do a major project here and you are enriching the Israelis,\u201d the Minister noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there is a problem,\u201d he added. \u201cIf you hire Ghanaian engineers, they wouldn\u2019t want to do the work right. They cut corners, they inflate figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the engineer, who is outside, it is a legacy, so that your name is permanently written\u2026 but for the Ghanaian engineer, it\u2019s not like that. He is trying to look at situations to make good money and leaving us a shoddy job,\u201d the minister added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Atta-Akyea also urged engineers to increase their capacity to generate income, explaining that \u201cthe reason why we are saying this is that the national kitty is challenged \u2013 one of the things economists wouldn\u2019t want us to say, but that is the fact of the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 26 July 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-07-26 Samuel Atta-Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing &#13; Priority will be given to foreign engineers on key government projects because of the inability of local engineers execute projects to the required qualitative standards, the Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta-Akyea has said. 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