.... that is not
disability friendly



Mr Alexis Adugdaa Ayamdor, District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Bongo
District in the Upper East Region has rejected a three-unit classroom
block at Nayorigo because the contractor failed to add designs that were
disability friendly.
According
to the DCE the assembly would only accept projects that take into consideration
designs that were disability friendly and advised the construction firm Robert
Aboor’s Enterprise, which is Bongo based to design rambles within the project
to include the classrooms urinal and the toilet facilities to make them
accessible to PWDs.
He later issued a strong warning to contractors that the assembly would
not accept any project that failed to consider disability friendly designs.
Mr Ayamdor however accepted two other projects at separate functions at
Gorogo –Soe, Zorko-Atenseka and Nayorigo all in the District.
They were a 6.3 kilometres spot improvement of Gorogo–Soe feeder roads
executed by Lampoher Engineering Company Limited valued at 297,716.13 Ghana
cedis with funding from the Ghana Social Opportunity Project (GSOP) and the
construction of a three-unit class room block with its ancillary facilities at
Zorko-Atenseka by Al-Aras Enterprise, a Bolgatanga based firm valued at 96,902.23
Ghana cedis with funding from the District Development Facility (DDF).
Another three-unit class room block with its
ancillaries at Nayorigo constructed by Robert Aboor’s Enterprise of Bongo at
the cost of 96,682.32 Ghana cedis also funded from the DDF was the project
rejected for not being PWD friendly.
Mr Ayamdor further
warned that the Assembly would not tolerate any contractor who would execute
shoddy work, adding “Value for money is one of the cardinal principles of this
government and the Assembly will not hesitate to 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 ongoing 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 be led by him to ensure that projects
were executed properly.
The
Chiefs, communities, Assembly members and the GES expressed their appreciation
to the leadership of the District Assembly and appealed to the Assembly to
assist furnish the classrooms with furniture.
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.