Between 2020 and 2021, the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) spent $15.8 million on a Streetlighting Replacement Project that was supposed to illuminate the roads, highways and streets of the national capital, Accra.

Despite the expenditure of millions of US dollars, most of the streets, roads and highways in the national capital remain dark at night, endangering the lives of motorists and pedestrians.In response to a Right to Information request by The Fourth Estate, MiDA said the project was to cover a total of 523.46 kilometres spanning 20 metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the Greater Accra region.

MiDA's response indicated that "The Project involved the replacement of High Pressure Sodium and Mercury lamps with highly efficient LED on selected Streets in Accra, thereby reducing energy consumption on the Electricity Company of Ghana's (ECG) network and also improving illumination on the selected Streets." It added that "in all,14,969 luminaires were installed".

Tetteh Quarshie Roundabout In addition, in 2022, the Ministry of Energy took a little over GHS3.3 million from Ghana's oil revenue to pay Prefos Limited, an electrical company, for the provision of streetlighting infrastructure (the light poles, electrical cables and light fixtures) on the Accra-Tema Motorway, according to the 2022 Public Interest and Accountability Committee annual report.