Leklebi Boys’ dormitory contractor given 2 weeks ultimatum

Mr Francis Ganyaglo, the Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has given a two-week ultimatum to Mapp-H Construction Limited to return to site at Leklebi Senior High School to complete the School’s boys’ dormitory.

He said the project would be re-packaged and re-awarded to another contractor should Mapp-H fail to go back to site within two weeks.

Work on the one storey boys’ dormitory, with funding from GETFund, has stalled since 2012.

This has compelled students to manage with a dilapidated clay structure with leaking roofs and cracked floors.

When contacted, Mr Mark Hotor, Director, Mapp-H Construction Limited said work on the 24-room dormitory was 40 per cent completed and blamed lack of funds for the delay.

Mr Ganyaglo had told newsmen that there could be no excuse for the delay and that the government had advanced some funds to the contractor recently.

“Though we have some challenges, some payments were made recently and we cannot accept any excuse,” Mr Ganyaglo said.

He described the clay structure accommodating the boys as an “embarrassment” and promised that work would soon resume on the project.

Madam Angela Alorwu-Tay, District Chief Executive of Afadjato-South, said the School’s poor infrastructure was a major priority to the Assembly.

Madam Charity Calai, the Headmistress, said the situation was affecting academic work as well as enrolment.

She said the 47-year-old school has a little over 300 students because parents continued to send their children to other schools due to the poor infrastructure.

She said a 12-unit classroom block, also a GETFund project, was also behind schedule just as a six-unit classroom block being undertaken by the Afadjato South District Assembly.

Madam Calai said classrooms were insufficient and that some lessons were held under trees and on corridors.

She said lack of staff bungalows, a fence wall and use of the school campus as a thoroughfare were creating huge problems for discipline.