Molefhi blames consultants for projects overruns

Pointing finger:Molefhi
Pointing finger:Molefhi

Infrastructure and Housing Development minister, Nonofo Molefhi has blamed construction overruns and budget blowouts on poor project management by consultants.

Officiating at the Construction Pitso in Gaborone recently, the minister said it has become a common practice that government projects always experience delays culminating in contract periods for construction projects being exceeded while progress on sites for these projects could be as low as five percent.

He noted that the most unfortunate thing is that in such situations, consultants engaged to monitor and supervise these projects would have failed to perform their roles.

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