Alhassan Suhuyini, the Deputy Minister-designate for roads and highways, has reiterated the Mahama administration’s resolve to give the construction of untarred roads nationwide top priority.
Suhuyini listed several important criteria that will direct road construction during his vetting before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. These include heavy traffic, crowded regions, and accessibility to agricultural production zones.
He also mentioned how tourism is becoming a bigger factor in deciding the priorities for infrastructure.
“The considerations have been high traffic areas, areas with high population, roads leading to agric production areas, farmlands, and all of that. And I think that tourism has also become an area that can attract the need for roads to be prioritised,” Suhuyini stated.
“The Minister, working with the president, will give the guidance and the direction as to how the ministry will prioritise roads that will be constructed within the period. It’s sad that in this era we still have roads that are untarred. I’m very confident that together with my minister we will do our very best to prioritise some of these roads,” he added.
