{
  "id": 2387379,
  "title": "Roads Minister warns against sabotaging gov't compensation in road projects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/roads-minister-warns-against-sabotaging-govt-compensation-in-road",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T13:18:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/edit-only-grammar-spelling-punctuation-only-and-suggest-seo-headline-and-meta-description-roads-minister-cautions-surveyors-against-influencing-project-affected-persons-to-reject-govt-compensation-the-minister-for-roads-and-highways-governs-kwame-agbodza-has-warned-individuals-who-allegedly-encourage-project-affected-persons-to-reject-government-compensation-offers-promising-them-higher-payouts-mr-agbodza-said-such-practices-were-contributing-to-unnecessary-delays-and-increased-costs-in-major-road-projects-being-undertaken-across-the-country-speaking-to-media-on-friday-august-21-after-inspecting-some-ongoing-road-projects-in-kumasi-he-explained-that-government-agencies-and-surveyors-conduct-assessments-and-evaluate-properties-affected-by-road-projects-determine-their-values-and-pay-compensation-in-accordance-with-the-law-however-he-said-some-individuals-subsequently-approach-affected-property-owners-and-persuade-them-to-reject-the-government-offer-which-has-been-assessed-by-surveyors-claiming-they-can-secure-compensation-worth-four-or-five-times-the-governments-offer-according-to-the-minister-some-affected-persons-are-consequently-encouraged-to-seek-court-injunctions-against-projects-resulting-in-delays-and-additional-costs-to-the-state-we-are-also-taking-the-opportunity-to-appeal-to-some-citizens-of-ours-who-anytime-we-do-project-like-this-and-the-relevant-agencies-go-to-take-the-inventory-evaluate-put-values-on-those-properties-for-compensation-under-the-law-some-people-in-our-country-approach-those-people-and-tell-them-dont-accept-the-value-that-are-being-given-to-you-we-can-give-you-four-or-five-times-the-amount-government-is-offering-you-so-they-sometimes-encourage-the-people-to-go-to-court-to-put-an-injunction-on-the-project-we-have-lost-so-much-money-and-sometimes-the-projects-are-delayed-needlessly-because-of-the-behaviour-of-some-of-these-people-mr-agbodza-said-he-appealed-to-individuals-engaged-in-such-activities-to-stop-arguing-that-their-actions-do-not-benefit-either-the-state-or-the-property-owners-the-minister-questioned-how-persons-arrive-at-compensation-figures-higher-than-what-the-qualified-professionals-working-with-agencies-such-as-the-ghana-highway-authority-and-the-department-of-urban-roads-offer-to-affected-persons-the-people-who-value-these-properties-from-ghana-highway-authority-urban-roads-and-others-are-the-same-surveyors-and-went-to-the-same-school-he-said-mr-agbodza-disclosed-that-the-government-is-considering-referring-at-least-two-individuals-to-the-economic-and-organised-crime-office-eoco-for-investigation-we-are-looking-at-the-possibility-of-reporting-two-of-those-people-to-eoco-for-investigations-he-stated-the-minister-also-commended-project-affected-persons-who-have-cooperated-with-government-on-road-projects-and-complied-with-the-compensation-process-he-reiterated-governments-commitment-to-paying-compensation-in-accordance-with-the-law-while-urging-project-affected-persons-to-exercise-caution-when-approached-by-persons-promising-significantly-higher-offers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Minister for Roads and Highways Governs Kwame Agbodza warns against inflated compensation claims, threatening EOCO investigation over road project delays.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}