Ghana: Road Minister Vows to Retrieve $30m From Foreign Contractor for No Work Done

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Governs Kwame Agbodza, has registered his displeasure about what he describes as unfair and lopsided contract terms involving a foreign contractor who was paid $30 million for road works after no work done.

The Minister during at interview at Joy fm, a local radio station in Ghana said the contract in question was signed under a suppliers’ credit agreement supported by the Indian Exim Bank.

He noted that such agreements usually allow foreign companies to…