The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), Kofi Ofosu Nkansah, has clarified that the redesigning and expansion of the Kasoa-Winneba Highway is fully funded by the Ghanaian government, not by ECOWAS as some have claimed. 

The project, which includes the construction of flyovers at key junctions such as Sapato, Big Apple in Buduburam, Awutu Breku, and Akoti Junction, aims to improve vehicular traffic flow. The scope of the project also includes the finalization of the road to ensure smooth transportation.

Currently, work on lot one of the project, which stretches from Sapato to Akoti Junction, is reported to be 45% complete.

The contractor attributed the delays to a significant underground rock at the Buduburam site, where an interchange is to be constructed.

Engineers working on the second phase of the project, from Akoti to Winneba, have faced delays due to some buildings still occupying the project zone. 

These structures remain because their owners have not been fully compensated, and some who have been compensated are requesting additional time to relocate.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, August 28, Mr. Nkansah urged Ghanaians to dismiss claims that credit for the project should go to ECOWAS. 

He affirmed that the project is 45 percent complete and is a testament to the Ghanaian government's commitment to infrastructure development.

“The 8-lane 30km Kasoa-Winneba Highway project is about 45% complete,” he said in the post, insisting that “The project is FULLY funded by the Government of Ghana and not ECOWAS as being peddled by the NDC”.