Minister for Roads and Highways Kwame Governs Agbodza has said the government will maintain regular inspections of road projects across Ghana until contractors complete and hand over the works.
Agbodza said the inspections are intended to go beyond routine monitoring, with the Roads and Highways Ministry using repeated site visits to track progress, address challenges and ensure that public funds spent on infrastructure result in completed and quality roads.
What Agbodza says about road inspections
The minister made the comments during an inspection of an ongoing road project on August 20, 2026.
He stressed that the government’s approach would not be limited to occasional visits. According to him, officials would continue returning to project sites and engaging contractors until the works were completed.
Agbodza said the ministry had told contractors that officials would remain closely involved rather than simply visiting a project once and moving on.
He described the repeated inspections as a way of keeping contractors focused while giving government officials the opportunity to identify problems that could affect delivery.
The minister also suggested that contractors who were making progress had little reason to be concerned about frequent inspections.
“Truth be told, if you are working, you actually want us to come around every day to watch,” he said, adding that contractors who were not making sufficient progress were more likely to be worried by such visits.
Agbodza’s position comes amid continued government efforts to accelerate road construction and deal with delays affecting projects across the country.
The Roads Minister has repeatedly used site inspections to assess stalled or slow-moving projects. In July, he criticised authorities in the Oti Region for failing to promptly report contractors who had abandoned or delayed government road projects.
In June, he also announced that the 23-kilometre Bogoso–Prestea road project would be reassigned to a new contractor after the ministry determined that the previous contractor had not delivered the work as expected.
More recently, the government has said it has paid GH¢23.1 billion to road contractors, including payments toward outstanding arrears and projects under the government’s Big Push programme. The payments have been presented as part of efforts to get contractors back on site and accelerate construction.
Why the inspections matter
For motorists and communities waiting for road projects to be completed, the key issue is whether government monitoring translates into visible progress on the ground.
Regular inspections can allow the ministry to identify delays and engage contractors directly, but the ultimate measure will be whether projects are completed to the required standards and handed over within reasonable timelines.
