General News of Friday, 31 January 2020Source: dailymailgh.comMake ‘Year of Roads’ a success – Bawumia to contractors, engineersVice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu BawumiaGhana’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged key stakeholders in the road sector to collaborate with Government to make the year 2020 truly the ‘Year of Roads’. The Vice President, who was addressing a Road Sector Retreat in Accra on Wednesday, 29th January 2020, stressed that Government is committed to the development of infrastructure, especially in the road sector, and would need the support of all stakeholders to make it a success. Already, Government has undertaken massive, multiple road projects across the country, with many more in the offing as a result of President Akufo-Addo’s ‘laser-focused’ attention to the road sector, Vice President Bawumia indicated. It’s not just the Tema Interchange, Pokuase Interchange, Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange, Tamale Interchange; many roads are going on. Kwasi Amoako-Atta (MP), outlined the very significant investment made by the government in the road sector so far, disclosing that about GHs5.2 billion has been paid to road contractors from 2017 to date (including the Ghc2.2 billion paid to contractors at the end of last year)He assured contractors of Government’s resolve to address issues of delayed payments.

Source: GhanaWeb January 30, 2020 17:26 UTC