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Building contractors express worry
about proliferation of contractors
Koforidua, July 03, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr
Kwame Afreh, National President of the Building Contactors
Association, on Wednesday expressed worry about
proliferation of contractors of late and suggested that
registration of contractors be streamlined.
The measure, he said, would ensure that contractors in the
field are qualified and would do quality work at all times.
Mr Afreh expressed the concern when he interacted with the
Eastern Region Branch of the association in Koforidua as
part of a national tour.
He suggested that any new person who wanted to be a
contractor should be carefully screened before one was given
a license to commence business and that there should be
dignity in the profession.
Mr Afreh told the members that it had been realized that the
“tenders system” was not helping them much and for that
matter the association had decided to look for contracts and
give them to members to ensure that they stay in business.
He said the association was liaising with the Ghana
Education Service and other agencies to give them jobs to be
shared to members.
Mr Afreh advised members to form joint ventures instead of
individualism and to look for jobs and warned that if they
did not sit up Chinese companies would take all jobs from
them.
He said the association would soon be organizing training
workshops for members on how to manage their businesses
efficiently.
The national president talked about frustrations members go
through before getting their certificates after completion
of work and said plans were far advanced to address that
situation.
Mr Obeng Yeboah, Eastern Regional Chairman of the
association, urged members to pay their dues promptly.
During an open forum members spoke about the situation where
contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder as a major cause
of shoddy work done by some contractors.
Members said they were not happy about delays in payment on
works executed on government contracts.
GNA
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