The 2027 Budget, read on Thursday 12 November, says the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal in the Ashanti Region is "85 percent complete". It does not say whether that means phase one or the whole terminal. Six weeks earlier, the state agency in charge of the project gave a lower figure. After a site visit on 30 September, the Ghana Shippers' Authority said in a release on 2 October that phase one was "currently estimated to be 65 per cent complete".
The Budget's 85% is the same figure the 2025 Budget gave. Read on 11 March 2025, it said phase one was "about 85 percent complete" and that the government would "commit to the completion" of the terminal that year.
Estimates; methods not published. The 12 November 2026 point (hollow) does not state which phase. Sources: Ministry of Finance, 2025 and 2027 Budget Statements; Ghana Shippers' Authority; GNA; MyJoyOnline.
Four figures in 20 months
Between the two Budgets, officials gave other numbers. In November 2025 the project director, Dr John Koranteng-York, said phase one was about 80% complete, GNA reported; Graphic put the facility at "over 80 per cent" after the same stakeholder visit.
On 9 September 2026 Transport Minister Joseph Bukari Nikpe said phase one was "about 82 per cent complete", MyJoyOnline reported from GNA. Then came the Shippers' Authority's 65%.
None of the sources says how progress is measured, so the figures may not be like for like. A change of scope or method could explain a fall. None of the documents we read gives a reason, and the 2027 Budget does not mention the Authority's lower estimate.
According to the Authority's release, its chief executive, Prof Ransford Gyampo, told the visiting delegation that macroeconomic conditions and funding constraints, rather than technical limits, had been the main factors slowing completion. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, said his office was working with the Authority on a roadmap for finishing phase one, to go to the Finance Ministry for approval as part of efforts to secure funding.
The 2027 Budget's table of government-funded allocations for the Transport Ministry itemises high-occupancy buses, railways and a national airline. It has no Boankra line. Money for the terminal could sit inside the ministry's headquarters and agencies line, which is GH¢81.8 million; the Budget does not say.
The other projects on the list
On Saturday JoyNews summarised criticism by Prof Isaac Boadi, executive director of the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy, of delays to Boankra, the Saglemi housing project and La General Hospital, which it described as a pattern of "announce, re-announce and re-budget without delivery". That wording is JoyNews's; we found no text report of his full remarks.
La General Hospital shows how this works in the Budget's own numbers. The 2027 Budget gives GH¢60 million "for the completion of the La General Hospital", the same government allocation as in 2025 and 2026. Each Budget projected more for the next year: the 2025 Budget projected GH¢133.2 million for 2026, and the 2026 Budget projected GH¢79.8 million for 2027.
These are allocations, not money released. Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said the whole project costs €50 million and "we've paid about 15 million euros", MyJoyOnline and Modern Ghana reported on 29 October.
What people on X are saying
@JoyNewsOnTV's post summarising Prof Boadi's criticism had about 2,800 impressions.
What it means
Boankra is meant to serve as an inland cargo hub for the middle and northern belt and for transit cargo to Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. Shippers cannot tell how close it is when two official sources differ by 20 points.
Related: our check on the 2027 Budget's national airline money, https://www.statsgh.com/infrastructure-and-transport/ghana-budget-ghs69m-national-airline-groundwork-q1-2027-fleet-target.
We did not ask the Finance Ministry, the Transport Ministry or the Shippers' Authority for comment. We found no statement explaining the difference.
Limitations
Completion percentages are officials' estimates, and the sources do not say how they are measured. The 2027 Budget does not say which phase its 85% covers; the other figures refer to phase one.
Budget figures are allocations, not spending. Prof Boadi's remarks are known to us only through JoyNews's summary.
Sources: Ministry of Finance, 2027 Budget Statement and Economic Policy (12 Nov 2026), paras 1341, 1563; Appendix 4A: MDA Expenditure Allocation (GH¢) – 2027 [Infrastructure Sector – GOG] (printed p.192, Ministry of Transport lines, rendered) and [Social Sector – GOG] (printed p.193, "o/w La General Hospital" 60,000,000.00 CAPEX, rendered). Ministry of Finance, 2027 Budget Speech (12 Nov 2026), La General Hospital bullet. Ministry of Finance, 2025 Budget Statement and Economic Policy (11 Mar 2025), para 623; Appendix 4A – 2025 [Social Sector – GOG] (La General Hospital 60,000,000); Appendix 4B – 2026 [Social Sector – Summary] (133,200,000). Ministry of Finance, 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy (Nov 2025), Appendix 4A – 2026 [Social Sector – GOG] (60,000,000.00); Appendix 4B – 2027 [Social Sector Summary – All Funding Sources] (79,800,000.00). Ghana Shippers' Authority, "GSA, Ashanti Regional Minister Leads REGSEC on Working Visit to Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal", 2 Oct 2026. GNA, "Gov't committed to completing Boankra Inland Logistics Terminal", 21 Nov 2025. Graphic Online, "Boankra Inland Port Project: First phase 80% complete", 26 Nov 2025. MyJoyOnline (GNA), "Transport sector reforms position Ghana for integrated economic growth — Nikpe", 10 Sep 2026. MyJoyOnline, "La General Hospital project expected to be completed by end of 2027 – Health Minister", 29 Oct 2026. Modern Ghana, "La General Hospital project to be completed by end of 2027 – Akandoh", 29 Oct 2026. MyJoyOnline, "Cutting expenditure isn't savings: Prof. Isaac Boadi urges caution over Ghana's economic indicators", 27 Jul 2026. StatsGH, "GH¢69m budgeted for airline groundwork, months before a Q1 2027 fleet target".
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