President John Dramani Mahama has stated that his government’s new Big Push Infrastructure Programme will deliver long-overdue fairness in national development by ensuring that northern Ghana enjoys the same quality of infrastructure as the south.
The President said this during the sod-cutting ceremony for the Big Push infrastructure project in Wa, on 11th November 2025.
“The Ghanaian farmer in Wa deserves the same quality of road as the trader in Accra or the entrepreneur in Kumasi,” Mahama declared. “Equity in infrastructure is not a privilege — it is a right.”
The project involves the construction and rehabilitation of over 260 kilometres of roads connecting Wa, Han, Lawra, Tumu, Navrongo, and Hamile — a transport corridor the President described as “the economic arteries that sustain agriculture, trade, and education in the north.”
For years, poor road conditions have crippled the movement of goods and people in the region. Mahama said that under the new plan, those challenges will soon be history.
“For years, these roads have been in deplorable condition. Farmers have struggled to move their produce; traders have lost goods to bad roads; and children have spent long hours commuting to school. But no more. Today, we are saying, “Enough is enough,” the President said.
He added that “The Ghanaian farmer in Wa deserves the same quality of road as the trader in Accra or the entrepreneur in Kumasi. Equity in infrastructure is not a privilege — it is a right. And this project is our declaration that every Ghanaian, no matter where they live, deserves access to good roads and decent opportunities.”
