The Minister-designate for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has challenged former President Akufo-Addo’s claim that his administration constructed 11,000 kilometres of new roads during its tenure from 2017 to January 2025.
According to the Minister-designate, official records indicate that the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration constructed only 673 kilometres of new roads, far below the 11,000 kilometres claimed Akufo-Addo.
During his meeting with the Appointments Committee of Parliament Monday, January 20, 2025, he detailed what he described as the factual data on road projects completed within the period which contradicts the President’s claims.
He emphasised that the majority of the work reported by the NPP involved re-gravelling and gravelling existing roads, which accounted for 6,185.90 kilometres.
“At the time of the transition, the new roads constructed amounted to 673 kilometres. The record in Parliament clearly shows that Ghana did not construct 11,000 kilometres of new roads since 2017 but rather focused on re-graveling and graveling,” the Minister-designate disclosed.
He explained that majority of the work was on re-graveling and road upgrades which should not be equated with the construction of entirely new roads.
“At the time of the transition, the new roads constructed were 673 kilometres and so the record Parliament has is that Ghana did not construct 11,000 kilometres of new roads since 2017 but rather 673 kilometres have been constructed as new roads. The bulk of the work which has been done is re-graveling and graveling, which is 6,185.90 kilometres,” he detailed.
