GETFund threatens legal action against contractor over alleged closure of school
The contractor reportedly took the action over what it described as the government’s failure to pay him after the school building was handed over eight years ago
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) is threatening legal action against a contractor, (Kontoh Sadea and Sons) for allegedly locking up the Akyem Asene Roman Catholic Basic School in the Asene-Manso-Akroso District of the Eastern Region
The contractor reportedly took the action over what it described as the government’s failure to pay him after the school building was handed over eight years ago.
The six-unit classroom block has two offices, a computer lab and a toilet facility.
The contractor cited the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) as the major defaulter which owes unpaid certificates spanning years.
However, a statement issued by GETFund on Thursday (22 February) said the contractor has been paid all outstanding monies in line with the terms of the contract.
..We wish to emphasise that the contended amount being GHC52, 466.96 with REF no FIDELITY012 has been paid to the sub-contractor (Kontoh Sadea and Sons) to his bank on 7 March 2023.
“We hereby state that the school became the property of the government at the very moment it was willingly and officially handed over on 15 February by the said contractor. We shall be left with no other than legal means to bring the said contractor to book if the school is closed down by him or at his instructions,” the statement said.
Below is the full statement:
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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