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The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta has said that the current NPP government inherited a deteriorated road network in 2017, describing the situation as a great challenge to the entire nation.

He said Ghana has a total size of 76,000 Km road network and out of the size, only 23% are paved with the remaining 77% remaining in gravel or earth state.

Speaking during a press conference prior to his tour of some road networks in the Ashanti Region, Mr. Amoako Atta said declaring the year 2020 as a year of roads is not just a mere slogan.

He said currently, the government is undertaking road construction in all the 16 regions and 260 districts in the country to boost the road network.

He admitted that the government cannot complete all the poor roads but he assured that the country would significantly see the improvement of roads in no time.

"The President has declared 2020 as the year of roads, and commencement certificates to the tune of 6.6 billion cedis have been issued by the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Roads and Highways to undertake the rehabilitation of critical roads throughout the country,” he said.

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, cut sod for work to begin on the First Phase of the Rehabilitation and Auxiliary Infrastructure of Kumasi Inner City Road and Adjacent Streets Project.

Other road works undertaken in the region since 2017 include asphalt overlay of 70km of a planned 200km of roads within Kumasi, expected to be completed in 2020; minor upgrading and rehabilitation of 24km of roads completed within Ejisu, Juaben, Ayigya, and Effiduase.