The Minister of Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has warned contractors and stakeholders in the road construction sector, declaring an end to the era of indiscriminate awarding of contracts without proper oversight or funding. Speaking at the Government Accountability Series in Accra on Wednesday July 30, he described the previous system as chaotic, revealing that since taking office, he has been inundated with unsolicited contract proposals lacking transparency and budgetary backing. “There was almost uncontrolled level of award of contract. As a minister, every day people come to me with packages and they are throwing them in front of me to just approve,” Agbodza lamented. “Reset means that that cannot be done.” He emphasised that the Mahama administration was focused on a complete reset of the contract approval process, anchored on discipline, planning, and financial accountability. Going forward, only projects that are fully programmed and supported by the national budget will be considered. “We will only go ahead with projects that have been programmed and budgeted for,” the Minister said firmly. “I am pleading with everybody interested in playing a role in the road sector that the days of uncontrolled, unregulated award of contracts is far gone. We will only start projects that we are sure we can fund.”