The leader and founder of Second Chance Church, Prophet Stephen Adom Kyei-Duah, has spoken about concerns that activities of his church were obstructing construction works on the Accra-Kumasi Highway.
According to the preacher, he was unaware of any concerns involving the church until the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, visited the project site and the contractor raised the issue with him.
Speaking in a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, October 4, 2026, Prophet Adom Kyei-Duah said he had supported the contractors since they arrived at the site by providing space for them to keep their equipment.
He said he had also allowed his security personnel to watch over the equipment and had maintained a cordial relationship with the workers.
“I thought I had no issues with the contractors because I was the same person who gave them a place to keep their equipment and allowed my security to protect them.
“I haven’t met the main contractor before, but whenever I meet his boys, I even tip them. I never knew I had offended him,” he said.
Prophet Adom Kyei-Duah said he only realised that his activities were creating difficulties for the project after the Roads Minister visited the site.
“And it was because of me that I had made his job difficult, but I had no idea. I have machines and everything, so why didn’t we sit down and talk? But until the Roads Minister came around, I didn’t realise that I had issues with them,” he stated.
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He, however, expressed appreciation to the Roads Minister for intervening in the matter, saying the minister had turned what could have become a difficult situation into a peaceful resolution.
“But what they meant for evil, the Roads Minister has turned into good,” he said.
Prophet Adom Kyei-Duah also reacted to calls for government to deploy soldiers to demolish portions of the church allegedly affecting the road project.
“People are calling on the government to bring soldiers to demolish my church. What at all have I done?” he asked.
He said the Roads Minister had instead directed that the road construction should proceed while making arrangements to accommodate the church's activities.
“The Roads Minister has ordered for the road to be constructed for us because we are all Ghanaians. I think so much of him,” he added.
The issue came to light when the contractor working on the Kumasi-Konongo Bypass attributed persistent drainage challenges and the failure of a section of the road to access works and activities around the Second Chance Church.
The contractor made the disclosure when he briefed the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, during an inspection of the project.
According to the contractor, the affected section had completely failed, compelling the project team to excavate the area and undertake extensive filling works using boulders and crushed rock.
He said nearly two metres of material had been added to raise the road but the drainage problem had persisted.
“All the cross-drainages that we did here are all silted again because of the activities from this area,” the contractor said.
He identified access routes being created around Second Chance, also referred to as Philadelphia, as a major challenge to the project.
“We are having issues with the access being created around Second Chance, the church of Prophet Stephen Adom Kyei-Duah and that is what has actually caused the failure here,” he explained.
The contractor said the situation was particularly concerning because the drainage infrastructure could become blocked again even after the road rehabilitation works were completed.
He noted that the road had originally been about a metre lower but had since been raised by almost two metres as part of efforts to address the recurring failure.
Despite the elevation, he said the drainage challenge remained unresolved.
The contractor indicated that asphalt works on the affected section were expected to commence within a week to a week and a half, after which work would proceed to other sections of the bypass.
He, however, cautioned that unless the drainage and access problems were addressed before the asphalt works, the road could suffer another failure.
“If that problem is not solved, we might undermine the road again and create problems,” he warned.
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