The Member of Parliament for South Tongu, Maxwell Kwame Lukutor, has raised concerns about stalled road and infrastructure projects across the country during his contribution to the debate on the 2026 State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Wednesday, 4th March 2026.
Last week, President John Dramani Mahama delivered the State of the Nation Address.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Mr Lukutor focused on the state of road infrastructure, arguing that several projects initiated under the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration were left incomplete due to funding constraints.
“What NPP was doing was to go and cut sod today, tomorrow they will give excuses and then the next day they will blame external factors for not been able to complete the project.”
He noted that many of the projects were launched with considerable publicity but were later abandoned, leaving construction sites idle for years. According to him, the situation led to escalating project costs, contractors abandoning sites and communities bearing the economic burden of poor road networks.
Mr Lukutor cited a number of projects that have experienced delays or slow progress, including the Tamale–Savelugu–Walewale Road, the Ofankor–Nsawam dual carriageway, the Kasoa–Winneba highway and the Takoradi–Agona Junction dualisation.
He further indicated that several abandoned construction sites across the country had deteriorated significantly, with some becoming rodent habitats.
“The NPP government we knew abandoned a lot of the project sutes and they became residences for rodents, rats and all other animals,” he claimed.
However, he said efforts were now underway to revive many of the projects, “When we came in, we turned every other place into a construction site. There are bulldozers everywhere, and I dare say that Mahama is working like a bull, and Agbodza (Road Minister) is working like a dozer,” he said.
The South Tongu legislator commended President Mahama for placing infrastructure development at the centre of the national recovery agenda. He also praised the Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, for spearheading efforts to reactivate stalled road projects.
According to Mr Lukutor, work has resumed on several key projects under the government’s Big Push Programme, following the settlement of arrears owed to contractors.
In a brief interaction after the debate, Mr Lukutor assured residents of South Tongu that he would continue to advocate strongly in Parliament to ensure that the constituency and the Volta Region benefit from the ongoing national infrastructure development drive.
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