Over 7,000 farmers, landowners, and real estate developers in Ghana’s Western Region have issued a warning to the Ministry of Roads and Highways, indicating their intention to stage a protest if the government and the ECOWAS Commission do not disburse long-overdue compensation for the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway project by the conclusion of July 2026.
Operating under the Coalition of Lots 1 Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Road Affected Persons, these displaced individuals have released a formal communiqué expressing their discontent regarding a nearly three-year economic stagnation. Since 2023, project implementers have legally restricted these families from cultivating essential cash crops, including cocoa, oil palm, and rubber, as well as from pursuing infrastructural developments across 32 communities within the Ahanta West, Nzema East, Ellembelle, and Jomoro districts.
The 1,028-kilometer international six-lane dual carriageway represents a flagship ECOWAS initiative designed to connect five West African nations. Ghana accommodates the largest segment of the highway, measuring 520 kilometers, thus rendering the domestic compensation delays a considerable threat to the overall timeline of the regional project.
Although the Sector Minister has previously stated that the compensation funds are secured, the Coalition asserts that the Ghana Highway Authority has delayed action, providing only ambiguous assurances of resolution in the near future. In addition to demanding an immediate compensation schedule, the Coalition is directly appealing to the executive administration for alternative livelihood packages to support families who have lost their primary sources of income since the economic freeze in 2023.
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