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General News on Thursday, June 13, 2019
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
2019-06-13
They are asking the government to pay for their work by June 26, 2019
Some aggrieved entrepreneurs threaten to lock down approximately 766 public school facilities for which they were contracted if the government does not make a frantic effort to pay for their work by June 26, 2019.
Entrepreneurs also threaten to hold a protest in regional capitals to express their concerns about unpaid arrears, some of which date back to 2016.
To share their fate with the public, a coalition of badociations including the Association of Building and Public Works Contractors and the Association of Conscientious Public Sector Entrepreneurs organized a joint press conference that will 39, is held in Accra on 11 June 2019.
As spokesperson for the badociations, Richard Nyarko said that subcontractors are not politicians and should not bear the brunt of the change of government when some members have been deprived of all their lives.
"We are not politicians. We are Ghanaian business men and women who do an honest job to make a living. Our hitherto happy and cohesive homes are collapsing. Our children are being kicked out of school for non-payment of tuition fees and our marriages are collapsing, "he said.
He also added that the late payment resulted in a build-up of debts in the form of accumulated interest on overdue loans and financial obligations to public institutions such as the Ghana Revenue Authority and retirees.
Mr Nyarko shared the precarious situation of some members by stating that while some were being hunted down by banks, others were unable to seek medical care to cope with the conditions triggered by the debt crisis.
"Others, whose homes and properties have been seized, have gone crazy and are prowling like specters," he added.
He also said that attempts to bring the government to mitigate his suffering have so far yielded no results, the badociations having sent letters of appeal to state institutions such as the Parliament, the State Council, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Ministry of Education among others.
The coalition therefore called on the government to refrain from making statements suggesting that they had been paid under such declarations solely to create unnecessary pressure from collection agents.
The group is also concerned about the way in which the certificates from contracts awarded under the current regime have been honored, while some members have unpaid certificates dating from 2016.
According to them, the apparent stratification of the nation according to the parties is inhuman and in contradiction with the president's mantra, which wants him to be a president for all.
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