Sildaco Company In Fresh Trouble! As Accra-Santa Maria Residents Threaten 'Naked' Demo Against The Company (Part Two)
Sildaco Construction Company Limited, a local construction firm which was contracted by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through the Department of Urban Roads to construct a flood control drain project along the River Lafa in the Santa Maria Last Stop area of the Ga Central Municipality in the Greater Accra Region has reportedly abandoned the project.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater 
Sildaco Construction Company Limited, a local construction firm which was contracted by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development through the Department of Urban Roads to construct a flood control drain project along the River Lafa in the Santa Maria Last Stop area of the Ga Central Municipality in the Greater Accra Region has reportedly abandoned the project.
According to the information available to Soireenews.com, the residents were agitating over the abandonment of the project because the reasons to leave the project at the mercy of the weather were not being known to the beneficial residents, amidst tension and confusion in the area.
Livid residents in the area hinted to this reporter that they are planning to stage a massive demonstration to express their dissatisfaction with the said high personalities for delaying of the bridge project.
The residents narrated that the company with the tacit support of the Assembly Member of Santa Maria Electoral Area, Nana Kwesi Boandwoh had asked them to remove their containers, kiosks and food vending structures in the construction catchment to pave the way for the starting of the project and they complied accordingly.
The residents told Soireenews.com that the company promised to finish the project in six months but the project which started in February 2021 has stalled still and become a conduit for flooding in the area.
The affected residents lamented that due to the delay of the project, has affected their businesses since they couldn't get any suitable place to re-erect their containers, stores, kiosks and food vending structures they have removed from the construction catchment area.
According to the residents, the completion of the project by Sildaco Construction Company headed by Rev. Dr Gifty Lamptey was long overdue.
In this regard, the residents called on the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to, immediately impress upon the Department of Urban Roads which is in charge of the project to terminate the constructal agreement between the Sildaco Construction Company Limited and the government of Ghana (GoG).
They complained that the project has started about one -year-and-two months now and accused the Sildaco Company of deliberately delaying the project for reasons being known to the company.
When completed, the flood control project is expected to tackle flooding as well as enhance the daily activities of residents who are currently facing difficulties in commuting from one place to another.
Speaking in an interview in Soireenews.com, the Assembly Member of Santa Maria Electoral Area, Nana Kwesi Boandwoh expressed worry over the delay of the project, saying that his check has revealed that the company has taken more projects which was the reason it does have time to come to the site to complete the drain project on time.
“My brother I would like to make it clear to you that l am not happy about the delay in the project. So l can tell you that l am in support of the call of the residents on the government to terminate the contractor of the company and give it to another contractor to speed up the work on the project," Nana Kwesi Boandwoh stressed.
Mr Boandwoh assured his outfit’s unflinching support to the people in the area, saying that contingency measures would be put in place to get the new contractor to complete the project to avert further calamities.
“Since the contractor has failed or refused to heed calls to speed up work on the construction of the flood control project along the river Lafa, there is nothing we can do but to throw our hands in despair and pray to God for protection,” the residents lamented.
A visit by Soireenews.com to the scene points to a time bomb staring in the face of residents in the area if contingency steps are not taken to complete the project before the start of the heavy raining season.
This online news portal also noticed that the surroundings of the Lafa River, known to be heavily flood-prone, were strikingly unkempt with the main drain filled with solid and plastic waste.
“We are in raining season, but it seems the central government and city authorities are waiting to be overwhelmed by the floods before they begin to take action,” the residents complained.
Residents also lamented to this reporter that the situation gets utterly bad and unusable anytime there is a heavy downpour and have thus appealed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to find a lasting solution to the problem before the worst happens.
