Bongo District Assembly reject project that is not disability friendly

 

The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Alexis Adugdaa Ayamdor, has rejected a 3-unit classroom block at Nayorigo because the contractor failed to add designs that were disability friendly.  The project is being executed by Robert Aboor’s Enterprise, a local construction firm at the cost of GHc 96,682 with funding from the District Development Fund (DDF).  According to the DCE the assembly would only accept projects that take into consideration designs that were disability friendly and advised the local based construction firm to provide design rambles within the project to include the classrooms urinal and the toilet facilities to make them accessible to PWDs.  Mr Ayamdor,  who was touring some project sites in the district also warned contractors that the assembly would not countenance on shoddy works as well as any project that failed to consider disability friendly designs. Mr Ayamdor however approved two other projects at separate functions at Gorogo –Soe, Zorko-Atenseka and Nayorigo, all in the District.  They were a 6.3 kilometers spot improvement of Gorogo–Soe feeder roads with funding by the Ghana Social Opportunity Project (GSOP) at the cost of GHc 297,716 and the construction of a three-unit class room block with its ancillary facilities at Zorko-Atenseka. The project is said to cost GHc 96,902 with funding from the DDF. Mr Ayamdor, further warned that the Assembly would not tolerate any contractor who would execute shoddy work. He said value for money was one of the cardinal principles of the NDC government and the assembly will not hesitate to abrogate and blacklist any contractor whose work did not meet specifications, standards and schedule. The DCE expressed satisfaction at works executed by the other contractors and commended them for their good work.  He tasked the Works and Physical Department of the Assembly to ensure that the   three-unit class room block with its ancillary facilities at Zorko-Atenseka constructed by Al-Aras Enterprise was adopted as a model and replicated in other communities. He therefore entreated other contractors to visit the site to learn from the contractor. He impressed upon the Ghana Education Service, (GES) the Assembly members and the community members to endeavour to monitor on-going projects in their communities and to offer feedback to the Assembly for redress if the need be.  Mr Ayamdor,  assured the works and physical department of the Assembly that his administration would give it the needed support to embark on regular monitoring to ensure that projects were executed as expected. The DCE was accompanied by the GSOP Regional Technical team, the District Assembly Works and Physical Department, the Planner of the District Assembly, the District Director of the Department of Social Welfare, User Agencies including the GES among others.

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