The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has called for stringent measures to monitor government-funded projects to help reduce the high number of abandoned projects.
Speaking on State of Affairs with Joshua Kodjo Mensah on GhOne TV, he said Ghana currently has over 2000 uncompleted projects, with the Coastal Development Authority (CODA) alone accounting for more than 700.
According to Ibrahim, many projects are left unfinished due to the lack of direct oversight from relevant authorities, noting that development agencies, which should be ensuring project completion, are not under the direct supervision of his ministry, making accountability difficult. "The poor and abandoned projects that we have are because of non-performance… If I tell you the state of projects under the development authorities, you will cry," he stated.
The minister noted that GETFund, which is responsible for funding educational infrastructure, struggles with monitoring projects in remote areas because its headquarters is in Accra. "GETFund awards a contract in Zebilla, but they cannot be going there regularly to monitor," he explained, adding that a lack of consistent supervision leads to stalled and poorly executed projects.
