The Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has challenged the Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, to provide evidence for his claim that the contractor working on the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) road had no valid contract.
Vice President of the Union, Sunday Alabi, said the extent of work already undertaken on the road indicated that the contractor had been formally engaged and could not simply have commenced construction based on a verbal arrangement.
“He should give us proof that there’s no contract. They did not have a contract with the NDC government, not that they don’t have a contract at all, because we also have facts,” he said.
Mr Alabi was speaking to Citi News on Thursday, September 24, 2026, following renewed discussions over the stalled road project.
He said it was unrealistic for a contractor without a formal engagement to undertake substantial construction work on the road.
“If a contractor is not awarded a contract, the contractor cannot do such an amount of work on the road. We will not have a contract and do such amount of job on the road. Nobody, no contractor, will just hear a word of mouth and go to that road and start constructing,” he said.
The Union Vice President further disputed the Minister’s position by pointing to an inspection of the project by the previous Roads Minister together with the contractor.
His comments followed an earlier directive by the Government for the contractor to return to the site after the TOR road was included in the Government’s Big Push Road Projects.
The tanker drivers have repeatedly raised concerns about the condition of the road, which they say affects the movement of petroleum products and creates difficulties for drivers using the route.
The latest disagreement centres on the status of the contractor’s engagement, with the Union insisting that the Government must clarify the contractual arrangements surrounding the project.
