Assessing The Challenges of Executing State Sponsored Projects in Ghana: A Case of Getfund Construction Projects in The Upper West Region

The core mandate of GETFund is to provide funding to supplement government budgetary  allocations in the provision of educational infrastructure at all levels of education from  pre-tertiary to tertiary level as stipulated in the (GETFund Act, 2000 Act 581). The study  aims to evaluate the challenges and managerial skills adopted by GETFund contractors.  The study's objective is to examine the challenges of GETFund construction projects,  identify factors affecting GETFund projects and devise effective strategies to enhance  effective GETFund project execution in the Region. The study adopted a descriptive  survey design. Sixty-five clients, twenty-one consultants, and sixty-two contractors  totaling one hundred and forty-eight were sampled for the study. Questionnaires,  interviews, and observation were the main methods adopted for data collection. The data  were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study revealed that the most leading  challenges affecting the efficient execution of GETFund construction projects are political  and financial. Furthermore, the most leading factors confronting efficient GETFund  construction projects execution in the Region are cost and time. In addition, the study  revealed that most of the contractors' agents executing GETFund projects do not have the  requisite technical personnel, expertise, and resources, making it difficult to  understand/interpret drawings and other specifications given to them by project  consultants. The study recommended that professional regulatory bodies such as Building  and Road Research Institute (BRRI) organize in-service training to improve the  management skills of companies.