Mahama promises completion of Wa-Han road by end of 2027

President John Dramani Mahama has assured residents of the Upper West and Upper East regions that the Wa-Han road project will be completed before the end of 2027.

The President gave the assurance while inspecting ongoing construction works on the road as part of his Resetting Ghana Tour of the Upper West Region.

The project is being executed under the government’s Big Push infrastructure programme, with President Mahama explaining that the route was selected because of its importance to inter-regional connectivity.

He said the government deliberately prioritised roads linking regional capitals under the first phase of the programme, making the Wa-Han road a key project.

“When we’re doing the selection of the Big Push projects, we prioritise roads that link regional capitals. And this is one of the roads that links the Upper East regional capital with the Upper West region. So it’s a very important road indeed,” President Mahama said.

According to him, the poor state of the road over the years had fuelled uncertainty among residents about whether the project would ever be completed.

He said the progress of work had given him confidence that motorists would soon have a significantly improved route between the 2 regional capitals.

“I believe that today we can see that in just some months, that is before the end of 2027, we will have a very comfortable ride between the two regional capitals,” he said.

President Mahama commended the contractor working on the project, describing it as one of Ghana’s oldest construction companies with considerable experience in road development.

He acknowledged that several other roads in the Upper West Region had been identified for construction but said budgetary limitations meant the government could not undertake all the projects at the same time.

“I just want to assure people, everybody thinks that we can do all their roads at once. We cannot do that. There’s a limit to the budget that we have,” he said.

He explained that the Big Push programme would consequently be rolled out in stages, beginning with major trunk roads before government turns greater attention to feeder roads connecting communities to the main network.

“So this Big Push Phase One, we’re scoping Big Push Phase Two, and there’ll be a Big Push Phase Three,” he said.

The President said completing the major road corridors would create the opportunity for government to subsequently intensify work on feeder roads and improve access and connectivity for communities throughout the region.