President John Dramani Mahama has wrapped up his two-day "Resetting Ghana" tour of the Ahafo Region with a promise that the region will get a "fair share of national development".
According to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the President made the pledge on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at a citizens' engagement in Goaso, the regional capital, attended by chiefs and residents.
GNA reports that Mr Mahama thanked the people of Ahafo for their support in the 2024 general election, noting that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won five of the region's six parliamentary seats.
He used the meeting to highlight several government programmes, according to the agency, including:
The biggest commitment reported by GNA concerned roads. The President said roads in all 16 regional capitals, including Goaso, will be rehabilitated or constructed as part of preparations for Ghana's 70th Independence Anniversary. Work has already started on selected roads in Accra and will extend to the other regional capitals, he said.
GNA did not report cost figures or timelines for the Goaso roads.
On agriculture, the President outlined plans to boost production through poultry farming, the Farmer Service Centres initiative and irrigation projects, according to GNA. The pledges fit the first day of the tour, when he was scheduled to inspect a poultry, meat and feed processing facility at Bechem.
On health, he said the Free Primary Healthcare Programme is meant to provide basic services without financial barriers, while MahamaCares is meant to support treatment of costly chronic conditions such as cancer and kidney disease requiring dialysis, reducing the burden on patients and their families.
The tour began on Friday, October 9. According to MyJoyOnline and Citi Newsroom, the President was scheduled to inspect the Bechem processing facility in the Tano South Municipality, the Tepa–Goaso road under the Big Push Programme, and the Ntontroso Bridge linking Acherensua, one of the region's main food-producing areas.
He was accompanied by ministers including Food and Agriculture Minister Eric Opoku, Roads and Highways Minister Kwame Agbodza, Trade, Agribusiness and Industry Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, Local Government Minister Mahama Ayariga and Ahafo Regional Minister Charity Gardiner.
Ghana will mark 70 years of independence on March 6, 2027. The government has tied several projects to the milestone, and earlier this month the President granted pardons to hundreds of prisoners as part of the anniversary celebrations. The promise of roadworks in every regional capital suggests the anniversary will also be used to drive visible infrastructure projects across the country.
Ahafo was one of the regions where the NDC performed strongly in the 2024 elections, and the President's thanks to residents reflects the importance of keeping that support ahead of the 2028 polls. Regional visits like this one also give the government a chance to show progress on promises made during the campaign, especially on roads and jobs.
The "Resetting Ghana" tour is a series of regional visits meant to bring governance closer to ordinary people, inspect ongoing projects and give citizens and traditional leaders a chance to speak directly to the President.
Ahafo, created in 2019 from the former Brong-Ahafo Region, is a major cocoa, food crop and mining area, where road conditions have long been a concern for farmers and traders. Residents will now be watching to see how quickly the promised roadworks reach Goaso and other towns in the region.
