WONYONGO COMMENDS CONTRACTORS (PAGE 13, SEPT 4, 2010)

THE Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo, has commended contractors working on a number of educational projects in the Bawku Municipality, Garu-Tempane and Bawku West Districts for their satisfactory work.
He gave the commendation when he inspected the projects in these districts as part of his programme to assess the progress of educational projects in the Upper East Region.
Accompanied by the consultants from Northern Consultants and the Architectural and Engineering Services Limited, as well as other officials from the Regional Coordinating Council, the regional minister inspected the projects being undertaken under the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) emergency projects programme.
It is aimed at providing adequate infrastructure to ensure that there are no setbacks in the enrolment of new students, given the already precarious situation in some schools before the enrolment of new senior high school (SHS) form one students by the end of September 2010.
Some of the projects visited were a six-unit classroom block, an administration and library complex and a girls’ dormitory block for the Tempane Senior High School. The Bawku Senior High and Technical SHS is benefiting from a two-storey classroom block, an administration and library complex, and girls’ dormitory.
At the Bawku Technical Institute the regional minister and his entourage inspected work on a library complex and a girls dormitory.
He also led the team to Zebilla to inspect a six-unit classroom block, a dining hall, a kitchen complex, as well as a girls’ dormitory.
With the exception of the six-unit classroom block at the Tempane Senior High School which was still at the foundation level with the contractor not on site at the time of the visit, Mr Woyongo said he was satisfied with the quality of work done.
He said although the projects had delayed, he was hopeful that the various contractors would ensure the early completion of the projects.
Mr Woyongo said his office would give incentives to contractors who complete their jobs on or ahead of schedule by placing them on the priority list of the RCC to ensure that future contracts were awarded to only those who delivered quality work in good time.
Heads of the various educational institutions visited commended the government for working assiduously to make good its commitment to provide infrastructure for their schools.
Mr Issah Sannie Mahama, Headmaster of Tempane Senior High School; Ms Elizabeth Apibil, Headmistress of Bawku Senior High and Technical School; Ms Catherine Mbum, Headmistress of Zebilla Senior High School and Mr Linus T. Tuuli, Principal of Bawku Technical Institute, commended the government for providing the needed infrastructure for their schools.
Ms Elizabeth Apibil, Headmistress of Bawku Senior High/ Technical School, said since the NDC government assumed office in 2008, her school had benefited from six projects which were all at various stages of construction, and that when completed, they would boost education delivery in the school.