Ahmed Ibrahim is the Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs
The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, has identified poor intra-city roads as a key factor worsening transport difficulties in parts of the country.
According to him, some drivers are refusing to operate on badly deteriorated routes which have become virtually unusable, affecting both commuters and transport operators.
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Speaking at the Ministry of Transport on Friday, January 16, 2026, during an engagement with the Vice President of Ghana, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, and some transport unions, Ahmed stated that, “There are places where you take a car that they should go and they will say, ‘the road is not good and so, I will not go’.”
Ibrahim stressed the need for urgent collaboration with the Ministry of Roads to address the situation.
He noted that non-motorable roads are discouraging vehicles from servicing some communities.
The minister added that swift intervention on these poor roads will help restore transport services to affected areas and ease the burden on many commuters.
“We need to bring my brother, the roads minister, in so that the intra-roads that are not motorable and because of that, commuters and vehicles don’t want to go there, we take expeditious actions on those areas,” he indicated.
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The Vice President, Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang’s engagements focused on the acute shortage of commercial vehicles in many parts of the country, coupled with long waiting times for road commuters, and rising transport fares, particularly during morning and evening peak hours.
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