By Jibril Abdul Mumuni, GNA
Accra, Oct. 14, GNA – Four Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra Region have spent GH¢4.83 million on 13 projects that have remained abandoned or uncompleted for periods ranging from four to 18 years, the Auditor-General has revealed.
The projects, awarded between 2007 and 2020 by the Ada West, Ada East, Ningo-Prampram and Kpone Katamanso assemblies, were scheduled for completion between 2008 and 2021 but stalled at various stages of execution.
This was disclosed in the Auditor-General’s Report on the Management and Utilisation of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and Other Statutory Funds for the year ended December 31, 2025.
It said the projects had a total contract sum of GH¢14.31 million, of which GH¢4.83 million had been paid to contractors before work stalled.
They include classroom blocks, teachers’ accommodation, markets, office complexes, sanitation facilities and staff bungalows intended to improve public service delivery and socio-economic development in the beneficiary communities.
In the Ada West District, three DACF-funded projects awarded in 2020, including a semi-detached staff bungalow, a District Chief Executive’s bungalow and a staff accommodation facility at Sege, remained incomplete four years after their expected completion dates.
The projects had collectively received payments exceeding GH¢408,000.
Ada East recorded some of the longest delays. A three-storey administration block at Atortorkope, awarded in 2007 at a contract sum of GH¢5.49 million, remained uncompleted 17 years after its expected completion date, despite payments of more than GH¢2.21 million.
Other delayed projects in the district include a classroom block and office facility at Elavanyo-Ada, a modern market at Kasseh, and a sanitation facility with boreholes at Ada Songtuso Kpa.
In the Ningo-Prampram District, three educational infrastructure projects initiated between 2010 and 2011 remained unfinished, with delays ranging from 14 to 15 years.
The projects include classroom blocks at Dawhenya, New Ningo and Prampram.
The report also cited an abandoned classroom block at Lekpongunor and an office complex in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality, which had been delayed for six years despite partial payment to the contractor.
The Auditor-General observed that the prolonged delays had deprived communities of essential services and raised concerns about value for money in the use of public funds.
The report attributed some of the implementation challenges to funding constraints and delays in the release of District Assemblies Common Fund allocations, which affected the timely payment of contractors.
It noted that Section 52 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), required principal spending officers to ensure the proper management and safeguarding of public assets and resources under their control.
The Auditor-General urged the management of the affected assemblies to take immediate steps to complete the projects and ensure that public resources already invested delivered the intended benefits to residents.
GNA
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