Asenso-Boakye Fires Back: ‘I Never Said Northern Ghana Doesn’t Deserve Roads’

Asenso-Boakye Fires Back: ‘I Never Said Northern Ghana Doesn’t Deserve Roads’

 Bantama MP Francis Asenso-Boakye has hit back at what he calls a “deliberate and mischievous distortion” of his comments during the 2025 Mid-Year Budget debate, accusing political opponents of twisting his words to stir regional tensions.

Speaking after coming under fire on social media and in political circles, the former Roads and Highways Minister clarified that his critique of the government’s “Big Push Programme” on roads was based on economic logic, not regional bias.

During the heated parliamentary debate last Wednesday, Asenso-Boakye argued that the programme appears skewed toward certain regions at the expense of Greater Accra and Ashanti — two regions he described as the country’s “economic heartbeat,” home to over 35% of Ghana’s population.

“My position was grounded in the principle of prioritization — when resources are scarce, they must be directed where they can generate the highest national impact,” he explained.

However, critics accused him of implying that roads should not be constructed in Northern Ghana, seizing on his remark about “driving for over 50 miles without seeing a human being” as evidence of disregard for the region.

Dismissing those claims as “false and politically motivated,” Asenso-Boakye insisted: “I have never, and will never, suggest that any part of Ghana, including the North, does not deserve development. I have personally initiated road projects in the North, and I remain proud of them.”

The Bantama MP said his critics were engaged in “reckless weaponization of facts” instead of debating the substance of his argument. “Ghana deserves honest and informed debate, not cheap political point-scoring,” he charged.

Asenso-Boakye vowed not to be silenced, declaring: “I will continue to speak truthfully and advocate for policies that advance Ghana’s long-term national interest, even when it is politically inconvenient.”

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Asenso-Boakye Fires Back: ‘I Never Said Northern Ghana Doesn’t Deserve Roads’

Accra, Ghana — Bantama MP Francis Asenso-Boakye has hit back at what he calls a “deliberate and mischievous distortion” of his comments during the 2025 Mid-Year Budget debate, accusing political opponents of twisting his words to stir regional tensions.

Speaking after coming under fire on social media and in political circles, the former Roads and Highways Minister clarified that his critique of the government’s “Big Push Programme” on roads was based on economic logic, not regional bias.

During the heated parliamentary debate last Wednesday, Asenso-Boakye argued that the programme appears skewed toward certain regions at the expense of Greater Accra and Ashanti — two regions he described as the country’s “economic heartbeat,” home to over 35% of Ghana’s population.

“My position was grounded in the principle of prioritization — when resources are scarce, they must be directed where they can generate the highest national impact,” he explained.

However, critics accused him of implying that roads should not be constructed in Northern Ghana, seizing on his remark about “driving for over 50 miles without seeing a human being” as evidence of disregard for the region.

Dismissing those claims as “false and politically motivated,” Asenso-Boakye insisted: “I have never, and will never, suggest that any part of Ghana, including the North, does not deserve development. I have personally initiated road projects in the North, and I remain proud of them.”

The Bantama MP said his critics were engaged in “reckless weaponization of facts” instead of debating the substance of his argument. “Ghana deserves honest and informed debate, not cheap political point-scoring,” he charged.

Asenso-Boakye vowed not to be silenced, declaring: “I will continue to speak truthfully and advocate for policies that advance Ghana’s long-term national interest, even when it is politically inconvenient.”