DOSSIER: Roads -Death Traps

Presidential Convoy Deaths

• Accra-Tema Motorway expansion: NDC’s assertions on status of contract inaccurate – Roads Minister (2021-01-17)
• Clear outstanding GH¢1.8 billion debt owed contractors - GhCCI to government (2021-01-14)
• Driver who knocked and killed 5-year-old dragged to court (2020-12-30)
• Over 2,000 perish through road accidents in 10 months (2020-11-19)
• Government being selective in payments – Road contractors (2020-11-10)
• Residents threaten to sue contractor for abandoning road project in Ashanti Region (2020-10-29)
• Eyes on the Ground: Dusty, deplorable roads hamper free movement of Afram Plains residents (2020-10-26)
• Don’t bring ballot boxes here if you don’t fix our roads - Sakra Wonoo residents (2020-10-26)
• President Akufo-Addo commissions 64km Kete Krachi-Dodiokope road (2020-10-23)
• We’ll block roads, demonstrate for 2 months – Aggrieved Pokuase interchange workers (2020-10-22)
• Pokuase interchange workers demonstrate over GH¢20 wage per day (2020-10-22)
• ‘Adwoa Safo is not trying at all’ - Old Ashongman residents decry poor roads (2020-10-19)
• Big potholes, dusty, rugged surface - Nature of Nanakrom roads under spotlight (2020-10-16)
• We won’t vote if you fail to fix our roads – Nanakrom residents threaten NPP (2020-10-16)
• Adjiringarno residents angry with authorities over slum-like roads (2020-10-14)
• Fix roads in Ga West Municipality – Ablekuma-Manhean residents urge govt (2020-10-13)
• Gospel musician Yaw Sarpong involved in an accident (2020-10-09)
• Government must restore reputation with payment of contractors - Economist (2020-09-27)
• Contractors urged to build roads professionally over rivers (2020-09-25)
• Truck carrying tonnes of fish topples on Accra-Tema motorway (2020-09-12)
• Deathtrap roads await to devour residents of Sirigu (2020-09-07)
• Krachi-West residents want town roads project completed (2020-09-06)
• Year of Roads: Government begins work on township roads in Ellembelle (2020-09-05)
• Accra-Kumasi Highway: Angry property owners injunct demolition exercise (2020-08-28)
• Construction of Tema industrial-Kpone road begins (2020-08-27)
• Eyes on the Ground: Suame Magazine residents battle for ‘fresh’ air over dusty road (2020-08-25)
• Dual carriage road better than airport in Cape Coast – Lecturer (2020-08-24)
• Samuel Atta Mills escapes death (2020-08-24)
• Don’t frustrate contractors - Roads Director warns Ghanaians (2020-08-18)
• Don’t design pedestrian bridges in your ‘rooms’ – Engineer tells colleagues (2020-08-13)
• Construction of footbridges on N1 Highway will bring ‘relief’ to residents – MP (2020-08-13)
• Takoradi roads to see facelift as Parliament approves €72m facility (2020-08-12)
• Car crashes into ditch at Taifa Kaiser Valley (2020-08-11)
• Chiefs, drivers unhappy with delays on drainage expansion (2020-08-07)
• Awoshie-Mangoase: Residents give govt one-week ultimatum to fix traffic lights (2020-08-05)
• Don’t shelve four new interchanges for Kumasi – KuYA tells Amoako Atta (2020-07-20)
• Akufo-Addo lied about suspended cocoa road projects – Minority (2020-07-17)
• Kpone Shalom Estate residents bemoan poor roads (2020-07-13)
• Ensure speedy delivery of projects - Roads and Highways Minister to contractors (2020-06-30)
• Anwiam roads in deplorable state (2020-06-24)
• Tree kills driver in parked car in Kumasi (2020-06-19)
• I’m working to fix all deplorable roads soon - Ga West MCE (2020-06-18)
• Terminate and blacklist ‘lazy' road contractors – Road Minister directs (2020-06-17)
• 50 kilometres of roads to be asphalted in Bolgatanga township (2020-06-14)
• Upper East region to receive new traffic lights (2020-06-14)
• Coronavirus will not stall road constructions – Minister (2020-06-14)
• ‘No road, no campaigning’ in Tatale – Angry youth warn government (2020-06-11)
• Our roads are like dams - Have, Hohoe, Nkonya, Kpeve residents lament (2020-06-09)
• Potholes on Eastern Corridor Road now ‘dams’ – Residents lament (2020-06-07)
• Deplorable roads: We're fed up with our DCE's lies - Domeabra residents (2020-06-06)
• Akufo-Addo commissions Tema Motorway interchange today (2020-06-05)
• Ghana losing productive lives via accidents – Minister (2020-05-23)
• Kumasi Roads: Mills-Mahama did a lot, Roads Minister peddled falsehood – NDC (2020-05-07)
• Roads Minister applauds local contractors for quality of work (2020-05-07)
• MPs back Eastern Corridor new contract (2020-05-05)
• Work to improve road network in major hospitals in progress - Roads Minister (2020-05-05)
• Four new interchanges to be constructed in Kumasi – Amoako Atta (2020-05-04)
• Road projects commence in parts of Accra to ease traffic (2020-04-30)
• Outrage as sick girl, 15, dies due to poor roads at Tsremati (2020-04-22)
• My constituents insult me because of poor road network – MP confesses (2020-04-22)
• Contractors call on Akufo-Addo to pay remaining arrears amid coronavirus (2020-04-09)
• Make contracts details available to citizens – CHRAJ to government (2020-03-16)
• Trotro drivers convert Dome crossing road into mini station (2020-03-13)
• Three TOPP workers, motor rider perish in an accident (2020-03-06)
• Coronavirus outbreak won’t affect roads construction – Minister (2020-03-03)
• COCOBOD spends GH¢1.2 billion servicing NDC’s cocoa road contract bills (2020-03-02)
• 60 MMTD personnel undergo training to check fake vehicle insurance (2020-03-02)
• Road Ministry announces policy to use concrete for road construction (2020-02-27)
• Cancellation of cocoa roads: Ahafo chiefs condemn Akufo-Addo government (2020-02-26)
• Parents withdraw pupils from school due to dilapidated bridge (2020-02-25)
• Govt responds to Bantamahene on neglect of Ashanti Region (2020-02-17)
• Aburi rockslide: Act now or risk serious disaster – Geologist warns government (2020-02-12)
• Tema Motorway Interchange project to be completed on schedule (2020-02-08)
• New bridge on Tano river opens (2020-02-07)
• Finance Ministry, AfDB sign loan agreement for Eastern Corridor roads (2020-02-06)
• Deputy Minister decries poor road network in Eastern Region (2020-02-05)
• 138km Tamale-Salaga-Mankango road to be completed by end of 2020 – Roads Minister (2020-02-04)
• Deplorable bridge serving as a death trap, affects education and other activities in Abisim (2020-02-02)
• 'No roads no vote' mantra unfortunate - CHRAJ (2020-01-30)
• Contractors have resumed work on Eastern Corridor road – Roads Minister (2020-01-17)
• Work on Klagon-Adjei Kojo tunnel starts in two weeks (2020-01-13)
• Bolga-Bawku-Pulmakom road to be ready in July - Bawumia (2020-01-09)
• Residents of Akrofrom 'cry' over deplorable road; plead with government to come to their aid (2020-01-06)
• We’ll boycott 2020 elections if our roads are not fixed – Group (2019-12-29)
• Peduase-Ayi Mensah road temporarily opened after rockfall incidents (2019-12-28)
• Akufo-Addo pledges to tackle deplorable roads in Jomoro (2019-12-24)
• Roads minister orders demolition of 22-storey building at Airport (2019-12-18)
• 'This is madness’ - Roads Minister leads team to demolish barricade on Airport road (2019-12-18)
• Park your vehicle - Accra Mayor advises on how to beat Christmas traffic (2019-12-18)
• Deplorable State of Aowin Roads: Chief readies his head as ‘ultimate sacrifice’ (2019-12-17)
• Government to rehabilitate Suhum roads soon (2019-12-06)
• 'Trotro' drivers need regulating agency – MTTD (2019-12-04)
• Fix our roads or we'll ignore you in 2020 - Sissala youth group cautions govt (2019-12-01)
• Tumu residents vow to boycott 2020 elections over bad roads (2019-11-30)
• Roads topmost priority for Ghanaians - Afrobarometer Report (2019-11-29)
• Dangerous holes in the heart of Accra (2019-11-24)
• We will not vote in 2020 – VRA-Sowutuom residents bemoan deplorable roads (2019-11-22)
• Roads, infrastructure Ghanaians’ most important problems – Afrobarometer report (2019-11-22)
• Bawumia cuts sod for 30km Sinohydro Cape Coast inner city roads (2019-11-22)
• 31 drivers arrested for protesting over poor roads granted bail (2019-11-20)
• Hohoe-Jasikan-Dodo Pepesu road works begin; Vice-President cuts sod (2019-11-20)
• Manhean residents to boycott 2020 elections over bad roads (2019-11-18)
• Akufo-Addo hopeful work on Accra, Kumasi inner roads will begin in 2020 (2019-11-11)
• We’ll not vote in 2020 if you fail to fix our roads - Chief to MP (2019-11-11)
• Release audit reports on road projects - NDC (2019-11-08)
• Samreboi residents demonstrate over bad roads today (2019-11-08)
• We will rehabilitate Ho-Aflao road - Road Minister (2019-11-06)
• Our cars go to the mechanics every three days – Mr Adjei drivers cry over bad roads (2019-11-02)
• No more projects on Aburi mountain - Roads Minister (2019-10-30)
• Work on Sefwi road to resume by December following demo (2019-10-29)
• Roads in Ghana worse under NPP government – Minority (2019-10-24)
• I’m committed to fixing Ghana’s bad roads – Nana Addo assures (2019-10-22)
• 97-year-old bridge in Breman Kuntanase collapses (2019-10-22)
• Roads Minister backs arrest of jaywalkers on Madina-Adentan highway (2019-10-19)
• Insult Akufo-Addo and have your contracts cancelled - Roads Minister to contractors (2019-10-15)
• Roads Minister to crack the whip on contractors (2019-10-14)
• Roads Minister to crack the whip on contractors (2019-10-14)
• Roads Minister to crack the whip on contractors (2019-10-14)
• Akufo-Addo cuts sod for GHC145 million Kwabeng-Abomosu road (2019-10-13)
• Government releases GHC1.6 billion to settle contractors (2019-10-12)
• Roads constructed by Akufo-Addo government will last for 30 years – Minister (2019-10-12)
• Demo hits Roads Minister over developmental projects (2019-10-02)
• Woman gives birth in the middle of Dambai road (2019-10-02)
• 'No road, no vote' street protest hits government in East Mamprusi (2019-09-29)
• Shots fired as drivers invade MCE’s office to protest poor roads (2019-09-25)
• Nkroful residents celebrate Kwame Nkrumah's birthday with deplorable road (2019-09-21)
• 4 burnt beyond recognition in ghastly car crash (2019-09-19)
• Okyenhene calls on government to fix Eastern Region roads (2019-09-15)
• 2 die in crash on Obuasi road (2019-09-14)
• Residents of Teshie still in distress over condition of Lekma road (2019-09-07)
• Fix Volta roads or we march – Group to government (2019-09-05)
• Volta Region residents give government two-week ultimatum to fix their roads (2019-09-04)
• Massive demo to hit government over deplorable roads in Volta Region (2019-09-01)
• Mourner crushed by train on way to cemetery (2019-08-31)
• Elubo-Enchi chiefs, farmers, angry over bad road (2019-08-27)
• Halting road projects was wrong – Kofi Adams rebukes government (2019-08-21)
• Government secures GHC62m Danish facility to build 7 bridges in the North (2019-08-20)
• Asokwa roads to be fixed by end of this year – MP (2019-08-17)
• Bad roads: Akufo-Addo’s logic 'warped' – Inusah Fuseini (2019-08-14)
• Gov’t secures £68m to continue work on Bolga-Bawku-Pulmakom road (2019-08-14)
• Politicians responsible for bad roads - Engineer (2019-08-08)
• Energy Ministry to introduce hi-tech street lights on roads (2019-08-01)
• Bridge on Pra River abandoned; contractor packs out (2019-07-28)
• Adentan-Madina highway: 55 detained for failing to use footbridges (2019-07-24)
• We’ll fix caved-in Okponglo road within a week – Roads Ministry (2019-07-24)
• Rehabilitation of 7.5km Dome-Pillar 2 road project begins (2019-07-24)
• No media house can set agenda for me – Roads and Highways Minister (2019-07-23)
• Massive sinkhole develops on Okponglo road (2019-07-23)
• LEKMA road finally gets new contractor (2019-07-21)
• Processes underway to fix Tarkwa-Nsuaem roads – MP assures residents (2019-07-16)
• Build Tema Hospital road to ease burden on residents – Transport minister urges MPS (2019-07-14)
• The 7.5 km road at Lekma that kills pregnancies (2019-07-12)
• Use $200m new 450-seat chamber money to fix rickety Pra bridge - Commuters to government (2019-07-08)
• Akufo-Addo urged to fix deplorable Agona Wassa-Tarkwa road to avoid defeat in 2020 (2019-07-03)
• GH¢1.5bn approved for 14 road projects (2019-06-30)
• 4 MDCEs in critical condition after ghastly crash (2019-06-24)
• Tarkwa-Nsuaem residents to stage another demo over bad roads (2019-06-23)
• Where're Mahama's unprecedented roads? Akufo-Addo'll sort you out – Amewu to Hohoe chiefs (2019-06-17)
• Asokore Mampong roads constructed before 2016 elections riddled with potholes (2019-05-27)
• Fix our deplorable roads – North East chiefs appeal to government (2019-05-18)
• Help fix deplorable Akuasi road – Sanahene tells government (2019-05-08)
• Dawhenya demo: I’ve done much but we can’t fix roads in two weeks – DCE (2019-05-04)
• Artisans call on government to fix roads before relocation to new site (2019-05-04)
• Dawhenya residents burn tyres to protest bad road (2019-05-03)
• MP bemoans bad roads in his constituency (2019-04-30)
• Nkawkaw-Atibie Road: Kwahu drivers call for street lights ahead of Easter (2019-04-17)
• National Youth Authority heightens road safety campaigns in Central Region (2019-04-15)
• Promise keeping Nana Addo, please fix our roads - Omanhene of Bechem (2019-04-14)
• Accra Brewery Limited engages stakeholders on road safety and responsible drinking (2019-04-13)
• Tarkwa-Nsuaem NPP Deputy Communications Director urges government to fix Ahwetieso-Tarkwa (2019-04-11)
• Nyanyano residents embark on demonstration over deplorable roads (2019-04-04)
• The Ring Road will always take you home (2019-01-27)
• PWDs to man toll booth collection - Road Minister (2019-01-24)
• 77 percent of roads not tarred – Road Minister (2019-01-23)
• GPRTU assures nation of safe transport system (2018-11-25)
• Madina - Pantang highway deaths; until the last man dies? (2018-11-07)
• Okada riders exploiting Anum Apapam SHS girls over bad roads (2018-10-23)
• Ga West MCE accused of killer Abekuma-Afuaman road (2018-10-16)
• Bad roads: Nsakina residents burn tyres, block roads (2018-10-16)
• Nana Addo is a failure in road construction – Kwaku Boahen (2018-10-10)
• The lady on foot is a queen (2018-10-10)
• Government testing new road technology (2018-09-26)
• AMA to start work on US$100,000 N1 road safety project (2018-09-13)
• Work begins on Madina roads (2018-09-12)
• 10-meter wall collapses at Sofoline Interchange Project (2018-09-12)
• Epileptic driver crashes at St. John’s (2018-08-27)
• Smoothen bad Dome-Kwabenya roads like your face - Constituents jab Adwoa Safo (2018-07-25)
• Eastern corridor roads to be completed before end of 2020 – Roads Minister assures (2018-07-11)
• Dome/Kwabenya roads see major facelift (2018-06-20)
• President commissions new Takoradi road (2018-06-20)
• Stop preaching in buses – Titus-Glover (2018-06-13)
• Gov’t secures funding for completion of Elubo–Enchi road construction (2018-06-11)
• Tetegu resident writes to Minister; demands details on ‘shoddy’ road (2018-05-29)
• Three dead, six injured in accident near Mankessim (2018-05-19)
• Presidential convoy involved in an accident; Deputy Chief of Staff injured (2018-05-18)
• Blame NDC for all bad roads in Ashanti Region - Minister (2018-04-08)
• Past government left GH¢17.8bn debt in road sector - Minister (2018-02-24)
• Ghana has about 74,000 kilometres of roads to construct – Roads Minister (2018-02-19)
• Kpandai roads to be fixed by July 2018 - Deputy Roads Minister (2017-12-04)
• NDC spent $450m on fictitious cocoa roads – Afriyie Akoto (2017-09-27)
• Manhyia North roads deplorable (2017-07-11)
• Angry Ablekuma drivers protest over bad road (2017-05-29)
• Trailer topples over 'Dubai' flyover (2017-03-01)
• 3 injured as container truck falls off Nkrumah Circle interchange (2017-03-01)
• Over 1,500 killed between January, September through road accidents (2016-10-14)
• Car Accident Claims 14 lives (2009-09-15)
• Over 1,600 Ghanaians are killed annually through car crashes (2009-04-09)
• Mills: The carnage on the roads must stop (2009-03-19)
• 22 die in Petrol Tanker explosion (2008-11-26)
• 31 perish in road accident at Anyinamso (2008-11-13)
• 15 killed in a road accident at Dompoase (2008-06-12)
• 12,000 killed in road accidents (2007-10-20)
• 137 died in road accidents in the E/R in 2006. (2007-02-28)
• 14 Killed In Road Accident (2007-02-01)
• US grad student dies in Ghana crash (2006-11-22)
• Suzy Williams is Dead (2005-09-08)
• Disaster strikes Korle-Bu (2005-08-29)