Minority rejects new Accra–Kumasi expressway, says it’s a “misplaced priority”

The Minority in Parliament has dismissed the government’s plan to construct a new expressway between Accra and Kumasi, describing it as unnecessary.

The caucus said that the funds should instead be channelled into completing the ongoing dualisation of the existing Accra–Kumasi Highway.

Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, Patrick Boamah, raised the issue during the debate on the 2026 Budget.

He said the government should “invest in the right sectors of the economy and create the needed jobs this budget is seeking to talk about,” instead of proposing new major road projects.

Mr Boamah pointed to the front cover of the budget, saying it featured “a clear photoshop of a certain express road that the minister spoke about, that he was going to construct an express road to Kumasi.”

He questioned why the government would abandon the existing dualisation project, arguing, “What is the crime of the people of this country… especially from Accra to Paga and to Bawku?

“For eight years, from 2009 to 2016, not a single kilometre of road was added by the NDC government. You come into government again, and instead of you prioritising the completion of the dualisation of the Accra–Kumasi road, you are telling us that you are going to construct an express road. From which funds? It’s a completely misplaced priority.”

“What Ghanaians want to see is the completion of the dualisation project that was started by the Akuffo-Addo administration.”