I borrowed money to initiate road projects but I’ve not been paid – Kofi Akpaloo

The Founder and Leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Percival Kofi Akpaloo, says he has been burdened with substantial debts due to government’s inability to settle road contract payment arrears.

He disclosed that he secured loans from financial institutions to initiate various construction projects, but government is yet to fulfill its obligations.

In an exclusive interview with 3news, Mr.

Akpaloo noted that government has given him a raw deal, adding that the road projects he started in the Bono, Ahafo and Ashanti region are over 60% complete.

“We’ve been doing it.

We used our own resources to do them, but it’s not been paid.

I’ve done it with my money.”

“I borrowed money from the bank to do them, but I’ve not been paid so I’m owing the bank,” he disclosed on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

When asked about how much the government owes him, Kofi Akpaloo said he could not disclose it especially when he had no documentation at his disposal.

“I cannot be able to tell you the exact figures, but they owe me so I’m expecting them to pay.

Some [of the projects] are about 70 percent, some about 65 percent but they’ve not been paid.

So everybody is working.”

“It’s not about the party you affiliate with or you don’t affiliate with.

It’s about you being able to have the capacity to deliver.