{
  "id": 5536779,
  "title": "Accra-Kumasi Expressway: Mahama is the man – Kwakye Ofosu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/accra-kumasi-expressway-mahama-is-the-man-kwakye-ofosu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T09:55:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/accra-kumasi-expressway-mahama-is-the-man-kwakye-ofosu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Minister for Finance Dr Cassiel Ato Forson announced that all necessary funds for the construction of the new Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be available by the end of the year following the clearance of 170 kilometres of the right-of-way. Government Communications Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu, reacting to this development on X, hailed the project as a major milestone in Ghana's infrastructure development. He highlighted two significant aspects of this financing arrangement: first, that the new Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be the largest piece of infrastructure ever built by any Ghanaian government, and second, that it represents the first instance in Ghana's history where such a large-scale project will be fully funded domestically without external assistance. Ofosu emphasized, \"President Mahama is the man!\"",
  "summary": "The Minister for Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, says all funds required for the construction of the new Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be ready by the close of this year. This follows the clearance of 170 kilometres of the right-of-way for the project. Reacting to the development in a post on X, Minister for Government Communications, […]",
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  "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."
}