Sammy Gyamfi has hit back at claims that the government’s Big Push road projects were improperly awarded, describing recent reporting by the Fourth Estate as misleading and unfair.
Gyamfi explained that Ghana’s poor road network remains a major national security risk, contributing to accidents, fatalities, and armed robbery. He said urgent action was needed to fast-track critical road projects, which justified the government’s use of sole-sourcing under Section 40 of the Public Procurement Law.
“The survey, design, and costing of these projects alone took about seven months,” Gyamfi noted. “If we had waited for competitive tendering, most projects wouldn’t even start before 2028.” He cited the Road Toll project as an example of how long competitive tendering can take, with its process still incomplete nearly a year later.
He insisted that all Big Push projects awarded through sole-sourcing were lawful, approved by the Public Procurement Authority, and backed by value-for-money audits. “Contracts were given to multiple competent contractors, and payments are based on work actually done. There’s no evidence of inflated costs,” Gyamfi said.
The BoldBod CEO also clarified that 23 of the 84 Big Push roads—including the Suame Interchange, Ofankor–Nsawam, and Adenta–Dodowa routes—were inherited from the previous government. The current administration only provided funding and maintained existing contractors, yet the Fourth Estate report included them as new sole-sourced contracts, Gyamfi argued, creating a misleading impression.
He concluded by questioning the logic of condemning the government for using sole-sourcing when the NDC has historically opposed only unjustified or abused sole-sourcing. “This is a classic case of comparing oranges with apples,” Gyamfi said.
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