Government Policy affecting our Business “GECA

Ghana Electrical Contractors Association say, government is sidelining them from their usual duties in terms of  contracts biding procedure.

According to them, government is not giving them direct electrical contracts but always awarded to the building contractors who does not have any expertise with regards to electrical installatios ,which is a key challenge in their duties.

The President of the Association Awal Sakib Mohammed, who made this known to uniquenewgh during presentation of awards to their members in Kumasi said, most of the building contractors are profiteering and are using uncertified contractors and inferior electrical cables for installation which might posed future occurrances.

The Assoiation President Awal Sakib Mohammed says ,their pushing for separation of jobs so that electrical jobs are awarded separately to specialized electrical companies,whereas the civil and building work is given to a civil engineers so that they can have very good electrical installations in Ghana.

He added, if the government fails to do the needful,it will result in inefficient electrical system which will lead to rampant fire outbreak in the country.

“A lot of the buildings that I know in this country are setting on time bomb because quality have been compromised. He alleged”.

Meanwhile the Ashanti Regional President for GECA Divine Osei Menta advised its  members to patronise quality cables for their various installations projects instead of relying on imported inferior products to undertake their projects.This is because the inferior ones can easily cause fire outbreaks once they heat up.

By Kwame Yeboah/uniquenewsgh.