{"id":607371,"date":"2019-04-12T19:09:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/822713"},"modified":"2019-04-12T19:09:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T19:09:22","slug":"procurement-cause-of-delays-in-desilting-drains-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/procurement-cause-of-delays-in-desilting-drains-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement, cause of delays in desilting drains \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/82271344.295.jpg\" alt=\"Atta Akyea456\" title=\"Atta Akyea456\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea has lamented the recent loss of lives due to floods, an offspring of choked drains.<\/p>\n<p>He is, however, hopeful that with the contractors being asked to move to site, excessive flooding may be curbed, especially in the capital \u2013where the menace is rife.<\/p>\n<p>Atta Akyea said on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM Friday that works have delayed on clearing the affected drains due to difficulties in raising funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monies we applied for January 2018 came in the last quarter of the year,\u201d the Minister told host Daniel Dadzie.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, works have delayed since the money arrived because \u201cyou cannot just handpick someone to do the job because you have the money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that despite receiving the clearance, the Ministry must go through the laid down procurement processes to award the contracts \u2013 which takes time.<\/p>\n<p>He said they could not have sent contractors onto the site earlier because the government already owed huge sums to the contractors for work done under the erstwhile John Mahama government.<\/p>\n<p>According to Atta Akyea, a major drain around Kaneshie is \u201coverly chocked\u201d which causes flooding at Obetsebi Circle and the spill over into the STC area.<\/p>\n<p><b>Accra deaths<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) confirmed on Monday that at least three people had died and two missing as a result of Sunday evening\u2019s rains.<\/p>\n<p>Many places in the capital, including the newly constructed Circle Interchange, had flooded.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition Member of Parliament, Zanetor Rawlings from the Klottey Korle Constituency which saw its fair share of the floods blamed the government.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the drain has not been cleared since the NDC was ousted in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister, however, disputed this.<\/p>\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 Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2019-04-12 Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea has lamented the recent loss of lives due to floods, an offspring of choked drains. 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