Agbodza pledges stronger China partnership to advance Ghana’s road projects

Roads and Highways Minister Kwame Governs Agbodza has pledged the government’s commitment to strengthening cooperation with China to support Ghana’s road infrastructure development.

He said the partnership remained important to the country’s development agenda, particularly as the government pursues major road projects under the Big Push Programme, which has attracted participation from Chinese companies.

“President Mahama has arguably made the largest scale of infrastructure investment within the road sector under the Big Push Programme and Chinese companies are participating significantly,” Mr Agbodza said.

“The relationship between Ghana and China is very important to us, and we promise to do what we can to sustain it,” he added.

The minister made the remarks when a delegation from the Jiangxi Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) and China Jiangxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Company Ltd. (CJIC) paid a courtesy call on him.

The meeting focused on existing relations between Ghana and China, as well as opportunities for further collaboration with the Ministry of Roads and Highways in delivering road infrastructure projects.

Mr Agbodza also highlighted the importance of partnerships with international institutions and development partners in mobilising investment, technical expertise and other resources to support Ghana’s infrastructure priorities.

The delegation was led by Xiao Yun, Director-General of Jiangxi Provincial SASAC, and Xu Zhenghua, Vice President of CJIC.