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The Gomoa West District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Theophilus Aidoo- Mensah has called on contractors to stop scrambling for projects, which they cannot execute within the stipulated time. He also asked contract awarding agencies to ensure that projects are not loaded on contractors to facilitate early completion. Mr Aidoo-Mensah made the call when he led some officials of the District Assembly to inspect on- going projects in the district. He expressed disappointment at the performance of some contractors, some of whom he claimed, had collected money for work not done. The DCE complained about delays in executing projects and noted that it often led to escalation of contract sums and shoddy work. He warned that the assembly would not pay for any variation on projects and would also blacklist contractors who delay in implementing projects. Mr Aidoo-Mensah urged supervising agents to pay regular visits to project sites to ensure that projects are done to specification. "Do not seat at the head office to certify projects in Gomoa West," he stressed. He said contractors should bear in mind that they had important roles to play in building a better Ghana and called on them to live up to expectation. The DCE commended Sambix Limited, an Accra- based construction company for almost completing a school project awarded it without demanding a cedi from the assembly before starting work. In a related development, Mr Aidoo-Mensah had appealed to the Fund and Procurement Management Unit of the Ministry of Education to assist the assembly to trace Messrs Jonara a contracting firm in Accra, which allegedly abandoned a Ghana Education Trust Fund project at Apam Catholic School. According to the DCE all efforts to get the contractor to complete the project had failed. He said the school needed the building to ease congestion, which had made teaching and learning difficult.