Minority demands full breakdown of reported GH¢10.92bn Accra-Kumasi Expressway expenditure

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on the government to publish a detailed breakdown of the reported GH¢10.92 billion expenditure on the Accra-Kumasi Expressway project.

The demand follows the publication of the 2025 Audited Annual Whole of Government Accounts by the Auditor-General, which lists GH¢10,916,912,468.56 under Government Priority Programmes for the Accra-Kumasi Expressway.

The Minority says the figure raises serious questions, especially when major construction work on the project has not yet begun.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, July 16, and signed by Kennedy Nyarko Osei, Co-Chair of the NPP Policy Committee on Roads, the Minority said the public deserves a clear explanation of how the amount was recorded.

"The publication of this figure raises legitimate questions that deserve clear, detailed, and transparent answers from government," the statement read in part.

The Minority noted that as of June 25, only 89.5 kilometres, representing 50.9 per cent of the proposed right-of-way, had been cleared by the Ghana Armed Forces, making it necessary for government to provide more than a general description of the expenditure.

It therefore urged the Ministry of Roads and Highways, the Ministry of Finance and all implementing agencies to publish a comprehensive expenditure report.

"Public infrastructure projects are financed with taxpayers' money. As such, every Ghanaian has a constitutional right to know precisely how such a significant amount of public funds has been utilized," the statement said.

The Minority argued that disclosing the details would strengthen public confidence, improve fiscal transparency and demonstrate government’s commitment to accountability in the execution of major infrastructure projects.

Meanwhile, the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD) in a statement on the same day, rejected claims that the government had already spent nearly GH¢11 billion on the project.

The CAGD explained that the amount was transferred from the Consolidated Fund to Accra-Kumasi Expressway Limited, a Special Purpose Vehicle established by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), and that under government accounting rules such transfers are recorded as expenditure in the books of Central Government even though the funds remain in a dedicated Bank of Ghana account.

According to the Department, no contractor has been paid and no construction expenditure has been made from the funds, which are being held pending project execution.