Congolese companies demand payment for Kinshasa Games
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Actualité.cd
Congolese companies that built or rehabilitated infrastructure for the 9th Francophonie Games are still demanding payment for their work, more than three years after the event. They say electronic payment orders have been signed but the funds have still not been paid, according to their consortium.
Congolese companies gathered in a consortium are demanding payment for work carried out for the 9th Francophonie Games in Kinshasa, held more than three years ago. They say electronic payment orders (OPIs) have been signed, but their bank accounts have still received no payment, Actualité.cd reports.
The consortium is asking the Ministry of Finance to clarify the timetable for disbursing the funds. The companies say they mobilised their teams day and night and committed their own resources to meet deadlines for the construction and rehabilitation of Games infrastructure. They now cite difficulties paying their workers, suppliers and creditors and maintaining the stability of their activities, according to Actualité.cd.
The companies dispute the idea that signing the OPIs amounts to actual payment. They say the situation is causing confusion among their workers, suppliers and financial partners, some of whom believe the sums have already been paid. The consortium is therefore calling for the amounts owed to be effectively credited to the relevant bank accounts, Actualité.cd reports.
