Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwame Governs Agbodza, has cautioned quantity surveyors who allegedly persuade property owners affected by road projects to reject government compensation offers that they could face investigations by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO).
The minister issued the warning on Friday, August 21, 2026, while inspecting asphalt works on a two-kilometre access road connecting Feyiase to the Sewua Regional Hospital in the Ashanti Region.
According to Mr Agbodza, the government is considering referring two quantity surveyors to EOCO over alleged attempts to inflate compensation claims involving properties affected by road projects.
He accused some surveyors of approaching affected property owners and encouraging them to reject government valuations, while promising to help them secure significantly higher compensation.
“Very soon EOCO will be at your door to actually justify why you think you can get that project affected person four times that amount,” he warned.
The minister said some property owners were being advised to demand four, five or even six times the amount assessed by the government.
He explained that such interventions sometimes result in affected persons seeking court injunctions to halt road projects, causing avoidable delays and increasing the financial burden on the state.
“Some people in our country approach those people and tell them not to accept the valuation that is being given to you. We can give you four, five, or six times the amount that the government is offering you,” he stated.
He added that such actions had contributed to delays in the implementation of road projects and had cost the government significant amounts of money.
Mr Agbodza stressed that the issue was not limited to Kumasi or the Ashanti Region, noting that similar cases had been recorded in other parts of the country.
He warned professionals involved in the valuation of properties affected by public infrastructure projects to desist from practices that could undermine government projects or unnecessarily increase compensation costs.
