{"id":13164,"date":"2025-09-16T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13164"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:07:40","slug":"agbodza-big-push-road-project-to-be-completed-in-24-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=13164","title":{"rendered":"Agbodza: Big Push road project to be completed in 24 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"408\">Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has assured Ghanaians that the newly launched \u2018Big Push\u2019 road project in Afienya, Greater Accra Region, will be completed within 24 months.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"574\">Describing the initiative as a \u201cbold intervention\u201d beyond politics, Mr Agbodza said it represents the single largest commitment to Ghana\u2019s road sector in history.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"805\">Speaking at the sod-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, September 16, he acknowledged the Ministry\u2019s debt burden, estimated at GH\u00a240 billion owed to contractors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"805\">However, he stressed that the government remained determined to deliver results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_2_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"a-single a-10\">\u201cMr President, if you come to the Ministry of Roads and Highways, we owe probably GHC40 billion in debt to contractors,\u201d he revealed. But when we went round the 16 regions, it was difficult to see what the money was spent on.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1204\">The Minister praised President John Dramani Mahama for spearheading the initiative, noting that it would set a new benchmark in infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1514\">\u201cDespite all that, Mr President, you made a bold commitment to institute an intervention that will go down in history as the president who gave the biggest dose of intervention at a single time on our roads. The Big Push is not a campaign promise; it is a bold intervention by your government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1516\" data-end=\"1651\">On concerns about delays, Mr Agbodza assured residents of Greater Accra and the Ga-Dangbe area that the project was in capable hands.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1653\" data-end=\"1784\">\u201cWe shall implement Big Push, and the results will be there for everybody to see. When we say we can do this project within 24 months, we mean business. The contractor on this stretch, I believe, can do this project in less than 24 months,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1786\" data-end=\"1932\">He added that Ghanaians would soon see visible results under the \u2018Big Push\u2019, with the government ensuring strict monitoring of timelines and delivery.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1934\" data-end=\"2019\">The government has allocated GH\u00a213.85 billion, equivalent to (US$892.9 million) for the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has assured Ghanaians that the newly launched \u2018Big Push\u2019 road project in Afienya, Greater Accra Region, will be completed within 24 months. Describing the initiative as a \u201cbold intervention\u201d beyond politics, Mr Agbodza said it represents the single largest commitment to Ghana\u2019s road sector in history. 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