Contractor received $45M for incomplete Port Kaituma Doctorsβ Quarters
-Auditor General finds overpayments for unfinished health buildings in Region One
Contractors hired to construct buildings for the Ministry of Public Health in Region One as far back as 2016 failed to complete the projects despite being advanced more than 50% of the contract sums, according to the 2017 Auditor Generalβs report, which urged that efforts be made to recover all the money overpaid.
In the reportβs review of the ministryβs capital expenditure, which was presented to the National Assembly on Thursday, it was noted that the Doctorsβ Quarters at the Port Kaituma Hospital Complex were not only incomplete but the works done were valued at far less than the money paid over to the contractor.
βThe contractor received payments totalling $45M or 72% of the contract sum as at 31 December, 2016. Physical verification of the works on 30 August 2017 revealed that actual works measured only $14.768M or 24% of the contract sum,β the report said. The total cost of the contract is said to be $58.341M; the engineerβs estimate was $62.291Mβ¦..