Live up to professional ethics - Eastern Regional Minister to contractors
The Eastern Regional Minister, Rita Akosua Adjei Awatey, has advised construction firms working on government projects in the region to live up to their professional ethics to ensure quality in their work.
She said that would ensure value for money and also make the projects last long.
The regional minister gave the advice at the inauguration of a new executive of the Eastern Regional Branch of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association of Ghana in Koforidua last Tuesday.
The event witnessed the swearing-in of a seven-member executive body chaired by Rev. Charles Atta Marfo to administer the affairs of the association for the next three years.
The minister told the new regional executive of the association that quality of work was needed to make them relevant in their chosen profession.
Mrs Awatey said she would not tolerate shoddy work on any government project, be it the construction of roads, school buildings or any other social amenities.
She assured the new executive that her outfit would not hesitate to give advice when necessary, to ensure they did quality work.
The National President of the association, Anthony Klutse, stated that the challenges in the construction industry were enormous, but added that members of the association could do the needful by making sure that contractors remained professionals.
That, he indicated, would enable the government and the general public to give them more contracts to execute.
"Contractors need to be involving themselves in other things, such as selling blocks, roofing sheets and cement, among others, to keep them busy all the time if there is no work to do.
"If you are a professional contractor, you will not encourage or tolerate shoddy work, because you have an office, a site and at the same time have professional members you always work with.
“Sometimes, delayed payment pushes some professional contractors to do things that are not good for the job," the national president told the gathering.
Modern technology
Mr Klutse charged professional contractors to be more innovative and embrace modern technology, as well as artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic tendering modular construction technology, to support them in their work.
"As a professional contractor for almost 40 years in the business, I always build professionalism with my members,” he said.
The newly elected regional chairman of the association, Rev. Charles Atta Marfo, pledged his commitment to the executive to enhance the association's image and establish it as a leading industry body.
He, therefore, called on all contractors to immediately join the association to enable it to protect them fully.
Writer's email: haruna.wunpini@graphic.com.gh
