Kwame Agbodza, the Minister-designate for Roads and Highways, has revealed that the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) government constructed only 673 kilometers of new roads, challenging the claim that 11,000 kilometers of roads were built between 2017 and 2025.
Speaking during his vetting by the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Monday, January 20, Agbodza clarified that the road construction records presented by the government were misleading.
This revelation raises questions about the accuracy of the NPP government’s claims and the effectiveness of their infrastructure development initiatives.
Mr. Agbodza explained that the total length of re-graveled and graveled roads during the period was 6,185.90 kilometers.
This, he argued, was the primary focus of the government’s road works, rather than the construction of entirely new roads as previously claimed.
He said, “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.”
“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 added.
