{"id":766117,"date":"2019-12-16T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/listen-i-will-continue-to-haunt-you-if-roads-minister-to-shoddy-contractors\/"},"modified":"2019-12-16T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T16:45:52","slug":"listen-i-will-continue-to-haunt-you-if-roads-minister-to-shoddy-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/16\/listen-i-will-continue-to-haunt-you-if-roads-minister-to-shoddy-contractors\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen: I will continue to haunt you if&#8230; &#8211; Roads Minister to shoddy contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/roads-minister-wants-ministers-big-men-to-pay-tolls.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Roads Minister wants ministers, \u2018big men\u2019 to pay tolls\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"260px\" src=\"https:\/\/clip.afrad.io\/?clipId=5uo758S9cattAHfyk\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amaoako Atta, is peeved about the number of shoddy roads being constructed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The phenomenon, he said, is costing the country huge sums of monies at the expense of the tax payers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Pastor slams Netflix over gay Christian movie<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an immediate measure, the Roads Minister said he will sanction any contractor who fails to execute government project to its specification.<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Atta stressed that, agencies especially engineers tasked to supervise and monitor such projects for quality assurance would not also be spared for non-performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Policeman shoots driver\u2019s mate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can deal with any contractor or engineer including my Chief Director because I have not compromised myself,\u201d he opined on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong> programme, Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Roads Minister bemoaned how the citizenry also sit aloof and watch contractors do poor jobs and later blame the government for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us sit down in this country and look at this nonsense. We joke with this too much; this nonsense must stop,\u201d he fumed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: Zambia gay rights row: US ambassador \u2018threatened\u2019 over jailing of couple<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To Hon. Atta, he will be hitting the ground running in 2020 and will deal ruthlessly with any contractor who does shoddy jobs or fail to adhere to safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Ghana|Adomonline.com|Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amaoako Atta, is peeved about the number of shoddy roads being constructed in the country. The phenomenon, he said, is costing the country huge sums of monies at the expense of the tax payers. 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