President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the government's Big Push initiative, which aims to enhance national connectivity and economic development significantly, will benefit all 16 regions of the country.

Speaking at the official launch of the programme at Afienya, in the Greater Accra Region, on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, the president stated that every region under the initiative will be opened up to economic opportunities, improved food distribution networks, and easier travel between regions and districts, while also boosting industrial growth.

"From January 7, we have been designing road projects across the length and breadth of the country. The Big Push touches all 16 regions of the country. Every region is going to benefit from its share of the Big Push programme," he said.

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President Mahama emphasised that, as part of the government's priorities, it aims to ensure that road construction projects link all regional capitals, making travel faster, easier, and free from unnecessary difficulties.

“Our priority was to take roads that connect one regional capital to another. We believe that it should be easy for people to travel from one capital to another, for example, from Accra to Ho, or Accra to Cape Coast.

"We have 261 districts in Ghana, and we believe that districts that are close should have good roads linking their district capitals to each other," he said.

The president further disclosed that road infrastructure in key food-producing and industrial manufacturing areas were carefully selected and incorporated into the Big Push initiative.

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"We selected all the major food-growing areas in the country, looked at the roads in those areas, and added them to the Big Push," he stated.

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