A private legal practitioner, Ebenezer Kwame Akomaning, has taken legal action against the National Roads Authority (NRA), seeking a court order to compel the agency to immediately repair the deteriorating Agona Swedru-Winneba Highway.
In an application filed at the High Court in Agona Swedru, Akomaning, through Roseford Advocates, is asking the court to issue an order of mandamus directing the NRA to “forthwith repair and rehabilitate the Agona Swedru-Winneba Highway,” which he describes as being in a “deplorable and hazardous condition.”
In his supporting affidavit, the lawyer highlighted the dangerous state of the highway, which he uses frequently due to the nature of his work.
“I typically travel along the Agona Swedru–Winneba Highway about twice a week,” he deposed.
“Over the past several years, the highway has fallen into severe disrepair, rendering it perilous and in many sections impassable.”
He further stated that the road’s condition has “resulted in numerous vehicular accidents, causing fatalities, injuries and damage to property,” citing attached photographic evidence and accident reports.
According to the application, the National Roads Authority, established under the National Roads Authority Act, 2024 (Act 1118), is legally mandated to construct, manage, maintain and rehabilitate trunk roads in Ghana.
However, Akomaning argues that the agency has failed to perform this duty.
He indicated that despite “several petitions, representations and protests,” the authority has “failed or refused to fulfil its statutory duty to address the situation.”
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The motion describes the highway as a major route that “serves as a critical link in the Central Region and facilitates the movement of persons, goods and services.”
The applicant insists that the NRA’s inaction is contrary to public interest, stressing that the current situation has imposed economic hardship on commuters and disrupted trading activities.
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“The circumstances warrant the invocation of the supervisory jurisdiction of this Honourable Court,” he stated.
He added that only the court can compel the authority to perform its “non-discretionary statutory duty.”
The motion is expected to be heard in December 2025 at the High Court in Agona Swedru.
If granted, the order of mandamus will legally compel the National Roads Authority to commence work on the Agona Swedru-Winneba Highway without delay.
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