The Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has accused the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye, of opposing the government’s planned Accra-Kumasi Expressway programme.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, November 27, 2025, Dr Ato Forson claimed that the Bantama legislator said the project was a waste of the country’s resources.

He added that the posturing of Asenso-Boakye is surprising to him because the project will directly benefit his constituency.

“Mr Speaker, on the issue of the Accra-Kumasi Expressway, let me take my time, Mr Speaker, to correct some impressions. Mr Speaker, the Honourable Asenso-Boakye suggested that the proposed Accra-Kumasi Expressway is wasteful and that we in the opposition oppose the dualization. Speaker, that cannot be the case.

“Mr Speaker, I was surprised and amazed to see a colleague Member of Parliament, particularly an MP from Kumasi, describe the project as wasteful. Mr Speaker, an MP for whose constituency the road is leading will say that the road is wasteful,” Dr Ato Forson, who is the MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, said.

Government must prioritise dualisation of Accra-Kumasi Highway – Asenso-Boakye

He asserted that the Bantama legislator even wrote to President John Dramani Mahama to tell him not to go on with the project.

“Mr Speaker, to the extent that the said MP wrote to the President to say to the President, ‘don’t do that project.’ Speaker, I'm surprised to hear that. Mr Speaker, this road from Accra to Kumasi is more than a road. It is opening up the country. So for an MP from that constituency to write and say that the road is wasteful and that we should not do it, and write to the President that the President should not do the project… it’s untenable.”

Watch a video of his remarks below:

More fire 🔥 The moment Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson @Cassielforson exposes Hon.Patricia Appiagyei by reading Francis Asenso-Boakye’s letter to H.E John Mahama @JDMahama urging him to stop the construction of the Kumasi Express Way to the members of the chamber in the parliament.… pic.twitter.com/GePbF1i01i

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