Debates of 23 Oct 2007

MR. SPEAKER
PRAYERS 10 a.m.
WELCOME ADDRESS 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Order! Order!
Hon. Members, on behalf of Leadership of the House and on my behalf I welcome you to the Third Meeting of the Third Session of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. I hope that you have had enough rest despite the fact that you also undertook challenging aspect of your work as Members of Parliament in your constituencies.
I am also aware that some of you were recalled to perform official assignments on behalf of Parliament. In all these endeavours the good Lord kept us safe and I am prayerful that He has given us
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strength to meet here again to continue from where we left off.
Hon. Members, during the recess my attention was drawn to incidents of armed robbery attacks on some hon. Members of the House. It is unfortunate that such repugnant acts were visited on hon. Members. I wish to assure hon. Members that Leadership would treat these cases with all the seriousness that they deserve. I would also assure hon. Members that Leadership would work relentlessly to put in appropriate measures to ensure the safety and security of hon. Members of the House and their families.
Hon. Members, this Meeting, though short, promises to be quite hectic as the House would be considering the Financial Policy of Government for the 2008 Financial Year as well as other important Bills and Motions. I therefore entreat hon. Members to attach utmost seriousness to the Business of the House to ensure that all businesses brought before the House are dealt with promptly.
Finally, hon. Members, let me remind you that the time for Sitting is 10.00 a.m. prompt. I hope hon. Members would endeavour to be regular and punctual. Thank you.
Correction of votes and Proceedings
and the Official Report
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
[No correction was made in the “Vote and Proceedings” of Tuesday, 31st July, 2007.]
ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 10 a.m.
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION 10 a.m.
rose
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Hon. Member for Sefwi Wiawso?
Mr. E. P. Aidoo 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the hon. Member has asked me to ask the Question on his behalf. He is writing an examination at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration
(GIMPA).
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Where is he?
Mr. E. P. Aidoo 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, he is working in his constituency. [Inter- ruptions.] So I ask for permission to ask the Question on his behalf.
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Hon. Member for Sefwi Wiawso, has the hon. Member asked you to ask this Question on his behalf?
Mr. E. P. Aidoo 10 a.m.
Exactly so, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
All right, then go ahead.
Mr. E. P. Aidoo 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask the hon. Minister for Transportation - [Interruption.]
Mr. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu - rose
-- 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Deputy Majority

Leader, do you have any point to make?
Mr. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, our hon. Colleague has informed this House that the hon. Member is at GIMPA writing his examination. Mr. Speaker, in another breath he is telling us that he is in the constituency. I have no worry about his asking questions on behalf of our Colleague, but he should let this House be properly informed, what has happened to our Colleague. Where is he? What is he doing?
Mr. Speaker, I am asking these questions because the mandate that our hon. Colleague claims to have is in dispute. So we are not too sure about the mandate that he claims he has from our Colleague.
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Deputy Leader, I must
decide whether there is any dispute or not.
Mr. E. K. D. Adjaho 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker,
I think you are absolutely right when you asked the question whether he has been authorized by the hon. Member to ask the Question. The rules are very clear; the most important thing is to get the authority of the hon. Member whose name is on the Order Paper; and he says, “yes”. Therefore, whether he is on the moon or on the star -- [Interruptions] -- the most important thing is that he has got the authority of the hon. Member.
Mr. Speaker 10 a.m.
Hon. Member for Sefwi
Wiawso, please, ask the Question.
Mr. E. P. Aidoo (on behalf of Mr.
Stephen M. E. K. Ackah, asked the Minister for Transportation what plans the Ministry has to provide drainage facilities to check erosion on the Dadieso town roads during the rainy seasons.
Minister for Transportation (Mr.
Godfrey T. Bayon): Mr. Speaker, Dadieso
is in the Aowin Suaman District of the Western Region.
Current Programme
1.5 km of the town roads (from the junction to the Chief's Palace) has been captured as part of the upgrading of Dadieso-Africa road. This 10 km project was advertised on the 16th of May, 2007 but no contractor made submission. It has been repackaged into 2 Lots of 5 km each and is being readvertised.
Future Programme
Inventory also is being taken in all arterial roads and packaged for intervention when funds are made available.
Mr. E. P. Aidoo 10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, may I know from the hon. Minister why no contractor has submitted tender for that contract?
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I sincerely the Ministry cannot fathom why no contractor submitted - but we can only guess some of the reasons because the Dadieso area happens to be one of the areas that have very heavy rainfall. Indeed, we have almost nine months of rainfall in the area, hence constructional works are normally very difficult. However, seeing the situation, we have repackaged the contract into two lots which we believe would attract lower contractors who fall below the A1, A2 category.
Mr. John Tia 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister has stated that the project was advertised on the 16th of May, but he has not indicated how and where - Could the hon. Minister tell us in which paper or which media that they advertised the thing?
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I sincerely do
Mr. Kojo Armah 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister stated in his Answer that the contract has been repackaged, especially because of the heavy rainfall pattern in that area. Since my constituency also suffers the same rainfall pattern, I want to know whether the repackaging took into consideration the rainfall pattern so that work can be done and done in time because I am an interested party in the Answer.
Mr. Speaker 10:10 a.m.
This is not a supple- mentary question. Hon. Member for Ashaiman -
Mr. A. K. Agebesi 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister said the work has been repackaged so that it would attract lower contractors. I do not actually know what he means by the “lower contractors”. Does it mean that if the thing had been repackaged and the contractors that are coming to do the job are of low grade or low quality, that would give us a good quality of work to be done at the site? I want to know what he means by “low contractors”, and whether that would qualify for a good job to be done.
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, what I actually mean here is that, that first advertisement put the contract in one lot of ten kilometres, and some contractors have actually complained to the staff that with the heavy rainfall it was not likely that they could meet the contractual period so they thought that if the contract were split into two, it would attract contractors below the A1 and A2 who may tender for it.
Mr. E. K. D. Adjaho 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker,
I want to find out from the hon. Minister whether he would inform this House as to the public medium that was used to advertise the ten-kilometre contract.
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I will find out and inform my hon. Colleague.
Alhaji M. M. Mubarak 10:10 a.m.
A number of times when the Minister for Trans- portation comes here and there are delays in contract, he is quick to say that they will use the Urban Roads to complete the work. In this particular instance, has he contacted the Urban Roads in Western Region as to whether they will be able to do this work or not?
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, if a particular
project does not fall within the jurisdiction of Urban Roads, I do not see how that project can be ceded to them.
Afrangua Junction-Abura Dunkwa Roads (Completion)
Q. 702. Mr. Andrew Kingsford Mensah asked the Minis te r for Transportation when the tarring of the road from Afrangua Junction to Abura Dunkwa would be completed.
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, Afrangua
Junction to Abura Dunkwa is route number R80. It is 21 km long. This road is undergoing resurfacing in phases. The first phase of km 0-5 was awarded to Messrs Gemap Limited in December, 2004 at a contract sum of GH¢548,000.00 to be completed on 31st May 2006. The works are about 85 per cent completed. Outstanding works is 1.2 km sealing.
The next phase from km 5-15 has been packaged as part of 2007 Periodic Maintenance Works. Evaluation of bids has been completed and will be awarded when funds are available.
The remaining 6 km stretch is under- going routine maintenance to keep the road motorable.
Mr. A. K. Mensah 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker,

in the hon. Minister's Answer he made mention of the fact that the contract was awarded in 2004, which means up-to-date -- It is a period of about three years, and only kilometre 0-5 has been done. And even in the Answer it is said that 85 per cent of the work is done. My question is, how soon will money be made available for the completion of the rest of the project?
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the Ministry mostly depends on funds from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and when funds are released from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, we will complete it.
Tarkwa Town Roads (Tarring)
Q. 703. Mrs. Gifty E. Kusi asked the Minister for Transportation when Tarkwa town roads would be tarred.
Mr. Bayon 10:10 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, Tarkwa has about 20 km town roads out of which 13 km are tarred. Tarring of Tarkwa town roads is being pursued in phases. Three roads of total length of 2.1 km have been awarded to Messrs K. B. Annan at a contract sum of GH¢379,104.02. The project started on the 25th November, 2003 and was expected to be completed on 25th August 2004. Amount certified to date is
GH¢260,066.74.
The roads under construction are:
(i) Cyanide-Kwabedu (0.7 km)
(ii) Kawerekwano-Bogrekrom (0.45 km)
( i i i ) Marke t Ci rc le -Low Cost road (0.95 km)
The works are 68 per cent completed. Works undertaken include the following:
( a ) C o n c r e t e U - d r a i n s o n all stretches.
(b) 250mm thick mechanically sta- bilized base on all the roads is in place.
(c) 250m on Market Circle-Low Cost road has been primer- sealed. And 350m on Cyanide- Kwabedu road has also been primer-sealed.
The project is behind schedule and this is due to the fact that the MOT Monitoring and Evaluation team observed some anomalies in the course of the project implementation. The contractor was made to rectify this and hence the delay.
Mr. Kwadwo Adjei-Darko 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I want to know from the hon. Minister how the Tarkwa town roads will see fast improvement as a result of the possibility of raising Tarkwa to Municipal status.
Mr. Bayon 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I thought
my hon. Colleague Minister would have helped me with this Question because he is the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development. Of course, if Tarkwa is raised to a Municipality, it means other roads would have to be located in that community and hence accelerated development of their roads. Thank you.
Mr. Pele Abuga 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I am
amazed at the Question and the Answer given. The Question says, when will Tarkwa town roads be tarred? I am amazed because when the roads are being tarred to a level of 68 per cent, why should this Question be asked? I want to ask the hon. Minister when the town roads would be tarred.
Mr. Pele 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, my question
is this: The Minister's Answer says 68 percent of the town roads have been tarred. The tarring have been taken to a level of 68 per cent but the Question says, when will the town roads be tarred? So I can see that the roads have not been tarred at all. That is why the Question is being asked. So, I am asking the hon. Minister whether it is true that 68 per cent of the town roads have been tarred:
Mr. Bayon 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I did not say
68 per cent of the town roads are tarred. I am only saying that ongoing works have gone up to a level of 68 per cent because the works are 68 per cent completed. I am referring to those roads that we are doing now. Thank you.
Mr. John Tia 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I want
to know from the hon. Minister whether the 13 kilometres that have been tarred is what forms the 68 percent of the works completed.
Mr. Bayon 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the 68 per
cent that I am referring to has nothing to do with the 13 kilometres already tarred. But maybe, if we take a total of 20 kilometres and work the percentage of 13 kilometres then we will arrive at the percentage that has been tarred in the town.
Mr. Tia 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, can the hon.
Minister tell this House what aspects of the road construction form the 68 per cent of the works that have been done?
Mr. Bayon 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, in my Answer I did say that works undertaken include the following: concrete U-drains on all stretches 250 mm thick mechanically stabilized base on all the roads is in place; 250m on Market Circle - Low Cost road has been primer-sealed. And 350 m on Cyanide-Kwabedu road has also been
primer-sealed. This is what I mean, by referring to the 68 per cent.
Mr. Speaker 10:20 a.m.
One last chance, Chief
Whip.
Mr. Tia 10:20 a.m.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr.
Speaker, then the hon. Minister will agree to an Answer to a Question that no surface of the road has been visited with bitumen at all in Tarkwa. No surface of any length of the road has been tarred at all.
Mr. Bayon 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, tarring a road
is a process. A lot of things have to be done before the final tarring. Thank you.
Mrs. Kusi 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I wanted to
Mr. Speaker 10:20 a.m.
Question number 704 - Hon. Mrs. Gifty Kusi, Member of Parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem.
Tarring of Bonsa-Benso and completion of Benso-Asuoso Road
Mrs. Gifty E. Kusi asked the Minister for Transportation when work on the following roads would be completed - Tarring of Bonsa-Benso road and completion of Benso-Asuoso road.
Mr. Bayon 10:20 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, Bonsa-
Benso Road --
Background
The Bonsa-Benso feeder road forms part of the Ashiem Junction-Benso- Bonsaso feeder roads. The road is gravelled and is 51.6 km long.
The road runs through three political districts, namely: Shama Ahanta East,
Mr. Mark Anthony Awuni 10:30 a.m.
Mr.
Mr. Speaker 10:30 a.m.
Do you have any
supplementary question?
Mr. Awuni 10:30 a.m.
Yes, Mr. Speaker. When
will the road be completed?
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I think I have
outlined the phases that the constructional work is going through when money is available for us to complete it, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker 10:30 a.m.
Question 707.
Hohoe Township Roads (Tarring)
Mr. Wisdom Gidisu (on behalf of
Mr. Prince Jacob Hayibor asked the Minister for Transportation when the Hohoe township roads and streets would be tarred.
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the Hohoe
town roads are located in the Hohoe District of the Volta Region.
Current Programme
Hohoe town roads are being upgraded in phases. The total length of road is 15.4 km of which 7.5 km has been tarred.
Currently 3.0 km have been awarded to Messrs Survivors Limited by Ghana Highway Authority at a contract sum of GH¢1,170,000. Work started on 7th December, 2006 and is expected to be completed in December, 2007. Work is in progress and 18 per cent complete.
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.


The contractor wrote early in the year and complained about shortage of cement and that rendered him redundant for a couple of months. He is currently at site.

The Department of Feeder Roads on the other hand has awarded 4.9 km of the township roads for tarring to Messrs Gohez Construction Works Limited in August 2006 at a contract sum of GH¢1,160,000 for completion on October

11, 2008.

Currently, 23 per cent of the works is completed. The amount paid to the contractor up-to-date is GH¢350,000. The works are behind schedule.

The delay in progress of the project is partly due to the relocation of service lines on the roads and the slow pace of work by the contractor.

The contractor has been warned to expedite progress of work to ensure early completion of the project. Similarly, relocation of service lines is being addressed with the utility service providers.
Mr. Wisdom Gidisu 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, in
the Minister's Answer, work on the road is 18 per cent complete and it is expected to be completed in December, 2007. And Mr. Speaker, we are in October; looking at the slow pace at which the contractor is working, is the hon. Minister assuring this House and the people of Hohoe South that come December, 2007 the work would be completed?
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I did not
say that work would be completed in December, 2007 - [Interruption] Oh! sorry. I said so. It is expected to be completed in 2007; sincerely we can all foresee that it is not likely the contractor will finish the work in 2007 but we will
take measures and speed him up. Thank you.
Mr. Wisdom Gidisu 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker,
so is the hon. Minister assuring this House that -- Or can he specifically tell this House when exactly work would be completed in Hohoe District? Can he specifically assure this House that at this date, the roads would be completed -- the township roads?
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I said we
will be monitoring the contractor and we will urge him to speed up. We will provide whatever we have to do so that he can finish the work on time or at a reasonable time. Thank you very much.
Mr. Joseph Amenowode 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker,
I inquired specifically about the Hohoe township roads and the hon. Minister graciously said that he has about 15.4 km but the Answer covered only 7.9 km. What is the fate of the remaining 6.5 km?
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, in my Answer I stated that, yes, the town has 15.4 kilometres but 7.4 has already been tarred. We are on 3 kilometres, making it 10.5. I am also saying that the Department of Feeder Roads is undertaking 4.9 kilometres, so that is around 14 kilometres.
Mr. Amenowode 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the hon. Minister has actually gone to Hohoe township; no part of Hohoe township is tarred. Right now, all the bitumen surface is off, and the place he said they are working on is the only place they are working on, which is totally unmotorable. So I am surprised that he says 7 kilometres of Hohoe township roads been tarred. When was it tarred?
Mr. Bayon 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I have not gone to Hohoe but the report I am reading to you is from my officers on the ground and I do not believe they will tell a lie to me. But in any case, I will find out.
Mr. Lee Ocran 10:30 a.m.
I would like to know from the hon. Minister whether he has checked with his officials that the 7 kilometres were tarred and later on removed - [Laughter.]
Mr. Speaker 10:30 a.m.
Hon. Member for Jomoro, your question again.
Mr. Ocran 10:30 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister does not seem to believe the Question from the hon. Member, and the hon. Member does seem to believe the Answer given by the hon. Minister. I just want to know whether from the official sources, he has been informed that 7 kilometres have been tarred but unfortunately removed.
Mr. Ford Kamel 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I think that this is a very important institution and when we demand Answers to our Questions, we expect that the Answers are very, very straight and truthful. Mr. Speaker, I share a boundary with the Hohoe constituency and what I know is that drains are being constructed, but no road has been tarred.
So Mr. Speaker, I want the hon.
Minister to tell the House how he came by those facts.
Mr. Speaker 10:40 a.m.
Hon. Member, this is
not a question.
Mr. Joe Gidisu 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, the
sentiments expressed by the hon. Member who just spoke reinforces my comment that - [Interruptions]. Mr. Speaker, I want to know from the hon. Minister, which of his officers, at the district or regional level, have provided the answers on the script which he has come to read.
M r. S p e a k e r : T h i s i s n o t a
supplementary question at all.
Mr. M. T. Nyaunu 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, in
Mr. Speaker 10:40 a.m.
Hon. Member, are you
advising the House or the hon. Minister? This is not a supplementary question.
Mr. Yieleh Chireh 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker,
would the hon. Minister agree and verify and come back and tell this House the truth of the matter? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Bayon 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, I have stated that I would find out the status of the assertion made by my hon. Colleague and come back. Thank you.
Mr. Alfred Agbesi 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, just
Mr. Speaker 10:40 a.m.
Are you asking a
question?
Mr. Agbesi 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, yes, I am asking a question but I am laying the background - [Interruptions]. Mr. Speaker, the hon. Minister should, at least, have gone to Hohoe or should have been fed with the information by somebody

who is in Hohoe only three days ago to know whether the roads are being tarred or have been tarred. Mr. Speaker, the information the hon. Minister is giving to this House is palpably wrong; it is totally wrong. It is false.

Mr. Speaker, I want to know from the

hon. Minister whether with me standing here, and he standing there, he can assure us that the Answer he has given is the truth. So that when we send a delegation to Hohoe, we can come and confirm or deny what he is saying. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker 10:40 a.m.
It is not a supplementary
question at all.
Hon. Minister of State, thank you
very much, for appearing to answer these Questions. You are discharged.
At the Commencement of Public
Business - Hon. Majority Leader.
Majori ty Leader (Mr. A. O.
Aidooh): Mr. Speaker, before I move for adjournment let me use this opportunity to thank my hon. Colleagues for the support that I had during my nomination and the process leading to my confirmation.
Secondly, I also want to inform the

On that note, I beg to move, that this

House do now adjourn till tomorrow at ten o'clock.
Minority Chief Whip (Mr. John A. Tia) 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, before I second the motion, I want to give one minute of my time to the hon. Member for Bawku Central to say something -- [Interruptions].
Mr. Speaker 10:40 a.m.
Hon. Minority Chief Whip, there is a motion, are you supporting the motion?
Mr. Tia 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, it is unfortunate that you did not see the hon. Member before the hon. Majority Leader spoke. I do not know how we are addressing it. He has something very urgent to inform you and the honourable House about. It is unfortunate you did not see him when he rose.
Mr. Speaker 10:40 a.m.
No, I did not. But are you supporting the motion?
Mr. Tia 10:40 a.m.
Mr. Speaker, before I second the motion, I want to observe that we have departed from some norm. At the commencement of each Meeting like this, there is an Agenda for the Meeting which is circulated. At least, I was looking forward to seeing it today, but I did not see it. So, I want to draw the attention of the Clerks-at-Table to make it available to us in due course.
On that note, I second the motion.
Question put and motion agreed to.
ADJOURNMENT 10:40 a.m.