The Chief Executive Officer of Rango Construction Limited, Dr Theodore Nsoe Adimazoya, has clarified that the company has not taken over the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road project from QGMI Construction UK Ltd.
His clarification follows media reports suggesting that Rango had assumed responsibility for the entire road project after the Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, inspected the road and issued directives to the contractor.
However, Dr Adimazoya says Rango’s current engagement is limited to remedial works on the 1.1-kilometre Kulaa section, which has been in a deplorable condition and difficult for motorists to use.
The company was brought in to restore the stretch to a motorable condition within two weeks while the main contractor, QGMI Construction UK Ltd, formerly Queiroz Galvao, remains responsible for the wider project.
In a statement to A1 Radio, Dr Adimazoya said Rango’s intervention should not be interpreted as a takeover of the road contract.
“For the record, QGMI Construction UK Ltd (formerly QUEIROZ GALVAO) remains the Contractor for the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom Project road project. Rango Construction Ltd is different from QGMI Construction UK Ltd.
“Until the Ministry further directs, Rango’s intervention at this point remains to complete the unmotorable section of the Kulaa Bridge and QGMI will continue with the bridge itself and the remaining works of the Project,” he stated.
The clarification comes after Mr Agbodza’s visit to the Kulaa section, where he expressed concern about its condition and issued instructions on the remedial works.
At the time of the Minister’s visit, Rango’s team was already working on the stretch, having been engaged less than a week earlier.
Dr Adimazoya said the company’s immediate responsibility was to restore motorability and ease the difficulties faced by commuters, while QGMI continued with the bridge and other outstanding works under the government’s Big Push programme.
The Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road is an important transport route in the Upper East Region, linking communities and facilitating movement towards the country’s north-eastern corridor.
Source: Bolgafmonline.com| 102.7 MHz| David Azure| Bolgatanga
