President John Dramani Mahama says his administration has committed to investing US$2 billion annually in infrastructure over the next five years under the Big Push for Infrastructural Development programme.
He said the investment was designed not only to address Ghana’s infrastructure deficit but also to move the country beyond the estimated annual gap of US$1.5 billion identified by the World Bank.
President Mahama made the disclosure during a community engagement at the University for Business and Integrated Development Studies (UBIDS) in the Upper West Region as part of his Resetting Ghana Tour.
According to him, the infrastructure investment programme will support key sectors of the economy, including agriculture, education, healthcare, tourism and road infrastructure.
The President said the government’s assessment after assuming office showed that the road network presented one of the most urgent infrastructure challenges confronting the country.
He noted that chiefs and communities across the country consistently raised the poor condition of roads as a major concern during his 2024 election campaign.
President Mahama said improving roads was critical to national development because efficient transportation enables people and goods to move freely across the country.
He cited the Hamile-Kumasi Highway and the Eastern Corridor among the government’s priority road projects, stressing that the latter serves 26 districts from southern Ghana to the north.
The President said the government would prioritise major trunk roads before progressively extending the road network to feeder roads connecting communities to the national highway system.
He assured communities whose roads were not included in the first phase that subsequent phases of the Big Push would address additional roads.
President Mahama said the strategy was intended to create a modern infrastructure network capable of supporting economic activity and accelerating national development.
Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh(#RomeoWrites✍️)/ Presidential Affairs Correspondent | Ghana 🇬🇭