The unpardonable rate of inconsistencies in the number of agitated contractors has been questioned by Ghana First Company Limited raising doubts about the contractors.
The recent standoff between the multinational waste management company and contractors who are building 14, 16, 20 type A, and 20 type B public toilets with paperless entry of payments, has attracted the attention of the vociferous Ghanaian media forcing the company to throw out doubts about the agitated contractors.
To Ghana First Company Limited, the contractors claiming the company is in to scam them are only aiming at shooting the indigenous company down despite several questions popping up about who the contractors really are.
In a document sighted by homeradioghana.com and addressed to the Local Government Ministry and Ministry of Sanitation, the aggrieved contractors quoted their number as 200 contractors who have not been paid for 60% of work done on the projects.
In a publication by starrfmonline.com, the spokesperson of the aggrieved contractors quoted their number as 130 throwing several doubts about their actual numbers.
Following their laud calls in the media, the company invited the contractors for a round table meeting aimed at ironing out the differences and finding an amicable solution to the impasse.
Strangely, and shocking to the company the contractors were only 37, and not the 200 tabled to the Local Government and Sanitation Ministries or the 130 as reported in the media.
Homeradioghana.com gathers that the contractors upon meeting the leadership of Ghana First Company Limited for the round table meeting called for only the 37 to be paid and not all the contractors despite claiming they were fighting on behalf of all of them.
When asked, the CEO of Ghana First Company Limited Frank Akulley described it as a shameful development "that tells you the people are not even credible."
"It's a shame for the people claiming to have been scammed to have their numbers swinging.
"In one case they are 200, in another they are 130 and when we met them, they were 37," he said.
"Is this not shameful," he asked in an interview with homeradioghana.com
Despite the strange calls of the contractors, over 60 of them have benefited from the Financial Assistance Program of the company receiving between ?40K and ?310K to support the projects.
"Shockingly, some of them took the monies to buy cars and some sponsored their wards with the money to travel outside the country.
"Strange, isn't it? These are the people we are dealing with.
"The monies were given to assist them complete the projects but they chose to do something else with them," he added.
Mr. Akulley then revealed how his outfit was shocked when they went on inspection and realised some of the contractors even choose to site the projects at different locations instead of the original locations given by the MCEs and DCEs.
The PRO of the aggrieved contractors Yaw Tawiah Dickson had said the contractors were made to believe that they just had to raise the structure, provide roofing and outside plastering to pace way for the automation, but even that many of the contractors have failed to do, let alone complete 60% of the work done.
While the contractors are inciting the public against the company, leadership of the outfit are still open to help them complete the project by offering more financial assistance to those who will solicit for it.
The credibility of the aggrieved contractors has been thrown into huge doubt following their attempt to sneak in to claim cash from the leadership of Ghana First Company Limited ignoring the other members.
Source: GFCL
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Oh by the way Mr. Akuley, I believe you need some education on what Financial Support or Financing is, if you take 2% of the contract value and I come back for it to enhance the project development, please that’s not financing, I came back for what is due me! So don’t boast of financially supporting any contractor when you’ve not personally raised funds to support anyone. Don’t do that! By the way, why this brouhaha, just make payments!!! People have really lost a lot because of your “scam”. Money never came from Germany, if it did, then you squandered it, Provide it now, because we are simply tired of our fake leaders!! Aaaaaabah, where did we go wrong koraaaa. Asem Ben nni!! Gyimisem nkoaaaaaaaa
What the heck!! Our company didn’t show up because when we needed you most you never showed in your office. Don’t even attempt to use the media to justify yourself. Why aren’t you using other networks but peacefm? Is it because of Kwame Sefa? Hmm, I know for sure...He is behind you, enti na we are dying!! Do you know I’ve lost my house because I simply tried to help my own country by accepting a contract from Ghanafirst to build modern facilities to promote public sanitation. Mr. Akuley, let the sleeping dogs lie because if you know what youve caused with your lies, anka wo be ye diiiiiiiiiii
Sir, Don’t every try to outsmart us, we may be dumb but definitely not as you’re! You issued a CERTIFICATE to our company to go to GCB, meanwhile you knew that what you issued wasn’t a payment certificate, and you’ve already arranged with GCB not to make any payment, after all there’s money anyways. And now you’re here justifying inconsistency in numbers, poor you. You have no idea what’s coming upon you, Do you know the reputations you’ve made some of lose, the trust from others we can never get back?? Mmmtchheww!! Nyame nfa wo bone nkyew!! You told us the money was coming from Germany, Sir, just respect yourself. Don’t even try to re-direct any story. I always pray for Ghana, funny you.
Mr. CEO, I personally sponsored a contractor when he got a contract from Ghanafirst, he got to a phase which we all believed was more than 60% last November. You’ve never been in your office, the excuse left behind is you’re going to look for money to come and pay contractors. Come on, let’s be reasonable, this contractor has sold his car because he was going to jailed, he nearly lost his marriage because you refused to make yourself available to even console him even if you have refused to make payments. I flew to Ghana because of this and still you never showed up five times after we’ve tried causing your office. One day, you’ll be brought to light sickness is like rain, whoever it sees, on him/her it rains! What pisses me most, and the sad part is when you were demanding for your percentage, you were aggressive and took it all with smiles and availed yourself but now “you’re busy”!! Where in the world do you pay a percentage of the contract money before a contract is awarded, I don’t blame you, we walk about doing whatever each individual pleases! Such a shame! You’ve hired all this guys as CFOs, etc, how come each of these top managerial positions are funded and you can’t afford to pay contractors? Forget about inconsistency in numbers and please tell your site inspectors to not yield to your ploys else one day, they’ll be exposed as well, if the contractor had completed 60%, they reduce the percentage and call it 40% simply because you’ve told them to do so, in that regard you don’t get to pay them! You’re an embarrassment to our generation. Big time.