{"id":21605,"date":"2025-07-31T21:14:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21605"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:15:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:15:47","slug":"over-13000km-of-roads-constructed-under-akufo-addo-regime-asenso-boakye-refute-road-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21605","title":{"rendered":"Over 13,000km of Roads Constructed under Akufo-Addo Regime- Asenso Boakye refute Road Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has pushed back strongly against recent comments by his successor, Kwame Agbodza, challenging the previous government\u2019s record on road infrastructure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Agbodza, now Minister for Roads and Highways, had cast doubt on claims that the Akufo-Addo administration constructed over 13,000 kilometers of roads, describing the figure as exaggerated and unverified based on his own nationwide inspections.<\/p>\n<p>But in a detailed rebuttal, Mr. Asenso-Boakye described the current minister\u2019s assertions as misleading and part of a &#8220;worrying trend of deliberate distortion and political double standards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween 2017 and the end of 2024, the Akufo-Addo administration successfully delivered 13,724 kilometers of road projects,\u201d he stated, noting that the figure includes new roads, rehabilitations, graveling, upgrading, and partial reconstructions.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the data was compiled by the Ministry\u2019s Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, a technical team composed of professional engineers, not politicians. \u201cThe only director who retained his position after the recent reshuffle is the head of Monitoring and Evaluation\u2014the same person who compiled this data under my tenure,\u201d Asenso-Boakye revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Minister questions the data, he should have the integrity to engage the Director directly, instead of resorting to political propaganda,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Asenso-Boakye also accused Mr. Agbodza of flip-flopping on the issue of single-source procurement. He recalled that while in opposition, Agbodza was a vocal critic of the Akufo-Addo government\u2019s use of the method, but now appears to defend it in his own tenure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt his press briefing, he said it doesn&#8217;t matter what procurement method is used once engineers approve the estimates. Is that not a clear case of double standards?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n<p>The former minister urged his successor to uphold the Ministry\u2019s reputation as a technical body rather than a platform for partisan communication.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Hon. Agbodza wants to be taken seriously, he must rise above partisanship and communicate with honesty and data-backed evidence,\u201d Mr. Asenso-Boakye concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister for Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso-Boakye, has pushed back strongly against recent comments by his successor, Kwame Agbodza, challenging the previous government\u2019s record [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Over 13,000km of Roads Constructed under Akufo-Addo Regime- Asenso Boakye refute Road Minister - Express News Ghana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=21605\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 13,000km of Roads Constructed under Akufo-Addo Regime- Asenso Boakye refute Road Minister - 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