The Minority in Parliament is raising red flags over what it describes as a glaring regional imbalance in road infrastructure allocations under the 2025 Mid-Year fiscal policy review, accusing the Mahama-led administration of marginalising key economic hubs.
Addressing the press, Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, criticised the government’s “Big Push Programme” for deliberately leaving out the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions—two economic powerhouses that jointly represent over a third of Ghana’s population and GDP.
“It is unacceptable that Greater Accra and Ashanti, the engine rooms of our economy, have been sidelined in this plan,” Mr. Nyarko said. “This is a matter of national concern, not partisan grievance.”
He stressed that the exclusion of these regions from major road projects undermines equitable development and fair allocation of national resources.
Particularly troubling, he noted, was the absence of progress on the vital Accra–Kumasi highway, the busiest road corridor in Ghana. Several dualisation projects along the route, including Osino, Nsawam, Enyeresi, and Konongo, remain abandoned, worsening traffic congestion and road safety.
The Minority also lamented the lack of attention to the Atebubu–Kwame Danso Road and the Anwia Nkwanta corridor in Kumasi, both of which had seen some progress under earlier budgets but were conspicuously missing from the 2025 review.
“The silence on these corridors tells us the government has no intention of completing what was already started,” Mr. Nyarko declared.
He called on the government to realign its infrastructure priorities based on empirical data and national need, rather than political interests.
“Infrastructure planning must follow data and demand, not political expediency,” he stated. “Ghanaians deserve transparency, fairness, and strategic thinking—not a haphazard list designed for headlines.”
