The Chamber of Construction Industry has cautioned the government may soon face legal action from a number of its members over unpaid contracts.
Members of the Chamber have been left with no other options despite their efforts to recover payment.
According to the chamber, the government’s outstanding debt to contractors has now reached a critical level of more than GH15 billion, with some funds owed dating back to 2017.
Emmanuel Cherry, CEO of the Chamber, expressed his concerns to the media emphasising the critical need for a resolution to prevent further harm to the affected businesses.
“97 percent of contractors have packed out of site all because of government’s over GHS 15 million indebtedness to the construction industry. Government is sitting aloof as if nothing is at stake when it wants to create a Ghana beyond aid. We have dealt with this starvation and so members have petitioned us and the Speaker of Parliament. If nothing happens, they will go to court. There is a long-haul awaiting government. We are only strategizing; government will hear from us.”
Road contractors across the country have repeatedly complained about the government’s debt to them.
Last year, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, stated that the government would clear a “chunk” of outstanding debts owed to road contractors.
