Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minister of Finance, has quizzed the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, on why he wrote to President John Mahama opposing the Accra-Kumasi Expressway project.
The Finance Minister revealed, Francis Asenso-Boakye wrote to President Mahama describing the planned Accra-Kumasi Expressway as wasteful.
According to Ato Forson, the Bantama MP’s letter opposing the project was surprising because the project will directly benefit his constituency and the people of the Ashanti Region.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, November 27, 2025, Dr Ato Forson stated, “Mr Speaker, on the issue of the Accra-Kumasi Expressway, let me take my time, Mr Speaker, to correct some impressions. Mr Speaker, the Honourable Asenso-Boakye suggested that the proposed Accra-Kumasi Expressway is wasteful and that we in the opposition oppose the dualization. Speaker, that cannot be the case.
“Mr Speaker, I was surprised and amazed to see a colleague Member of Parliament, particularly an MP from Kumasi, describe the project as wasteful. Mr Speaker, an MP for whose constituency the road is leading will say that the road is wasteful,” Dr Ato Forson, who is the MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, said.
He added, “Mr Speaker, to the extent that the said MP wrote to the President to say to the President, ‘don’t do that project.’ Speaker, I’m surprised to hear that. Mr Speaker, this road from Accra to Kumasi is more than a road. It is opening up the country. So for an MP from that constituency to write and say that the road is wasteful and that we should not do it, and write to the President that the President should not do the project… it’s untenable.”
Also, Patrick Yaw Boamah, the Member of Parliament for Okaikwei Central, has described the planned Accra-Kumasi expressway as unnecessary and a misplaced priority.
The lawmaker lambasted the Mahama government for failing to add to the existing road project, but rather seeking to undertake what he describes as a far-fetched project that lacks funding.
Speaking on the floor of parliament, Patrick Yaw Boamah stated, “Mr Speaker, if you look at the cover page of this year’s budget, you can see a clear Photoshop of a certain express road that the minister spoke about.
Mr Speaker, what is the crime of the people of this country, especially most of us who travel that road to our villages, especially from Accra to Paga and to Bawku, for eight years from 2009 to 2016, not a single kilometre was added by the NDC government.
You come into government instead of prioritising the completion of the dualization of the Accra-Kumasi road, you are telling us that you are going to construct an express road with what funds?”
The lawmaker added, “It is a completely misplaced priority. What the Ghanaian want to see is the completion of the dualization project that was started by the Akufo-Addo Kufuor administration, then you can look at that. Even the financial muscle does not help you, how are you going to construct this?”.
He further added, “In 2025, only, death on the Accra-Kumasi highway is 525 for the Eastern Region, Ashanti 570, and Greater Accra 331. A reasonable government will take the completion of the dualization program as a priority, complete it and save Ghanaian lives rather than taking another step of constructing an expressway way which I believe is not a priority for Ghanaians”.
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Why would a Kumasi MP write to the President opposing the Accra–Kumasi Expressway? pic.twitter.com/wAYlup58Rx
— Cassiel Ato Forson (PhD) (@Cassielforson) November 27, 2025