The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza has raised concerns that some contractors receive advance notice of his inspection schedules by persons in his team and prepare their sites specifically for his visits.
He said his unannounced inspections and independent monitoring exercises on some projects reveal a different result from the reports submitted by officials.
“I know that anytime I say I am going to inspection, some people working with me share the itinerary with the contractors and they prepare to receive me. When I go to the site alone and do a lot without your knowledge, I don’t see them working,” he said.
The Minister disclosed that he recently dispatched an independent team to inspect road projects in the Eastern, Brong Ahafo and Ashanti regions, adding that the findings were significantly different from the positive reports submitted by some regional representatives.
“I sent a team independently to Eastern Region, Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Region last week and if I share the report with you, you will not be happy,” he said.
He disclosed this during an inspection of the Sunyani-Atronie-Acherensua road on Wednesday, September 2, 2026 where he discovered that the contractor was not on site working on the project.
He said he was disappointed not to find active construction work taking place at the project site by Alexiboam Construction Limited, the company in charge of the project.
“This is Alexiboam’s site. What is happening? It is 11:00, how come I am not seeing anybody here and all the trucks and equipment working actively on this section?” he questioned.
The Minister further warned officials responsible for monitoring contractors that their jobs could be at risk if performance does not improve.
“So, Director, I am not impressed today. Your job is not safe. I am not talking to you alone, i am talking to all my Regional Directors for Urban roads, Feeder roads and Highways. There is lack of performance.
“You better explain to me why yourself and Urban Roads directors, including Engineer Adomah and your teams in the regions, are not living up to expectations,” he warned.
