The Minister of Roads and Highways has initiated a validation process to determine the government's actual indebtedness to road contractors.
To this end, the sector Minister, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has instructed officials from the Ministry, the Department of Urban Roads, the Feeder Roads, the Ghana Highways Authority, and the Road Fund to provide data on all Interim Payment Certificates (IPCs) in the system.
He noted that the information available to him indicated that the current outstanding amount was estimated to be close to GH¢40 billion.
He made the call at a meeting with roads contractors in Accra yesterday.
