Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, has fired shots at the NPP minority in parliament following their revelation that only US$500,000 is needed for the completion of the Afari Hospital.
The IMANI president argued that the NPP knew $500,000 was needed for completion, but the NPP, during their tenure in office, could not scrape together that modest sum to complete a hospital, but stood by Ken Ofori-Atta surreptitiously funnelling $58 million into a soulless Cathedral.
In a post on X, Franklin Cudjoe wrote, “So, $500,000 for completion? You couldn’t scrape together that modest sum to complete a hospital during your tenure—yet you stood by and actively urged Ken Ofori-Atta to surreptitiously funnel $58 million into a soulless Cathedral? Anokwa1”.
His comment follows, the NPP Minority in parliament has accused the John Mahama government of its intent to loot the country through the Afari Hospital project.
According to the NPP minority, the Deputy Defence Minister’s call for an additional $85 million to complete the project is a criminal create, loot and share” scheme.
The minority boldly stated that only US$500,000 remains outstanding to the contractor, describing the alleged US$85 million demand as inaccurate.
Addressing a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday, June 16, Deputy Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, Kofi Amankwa-Manu explained, “The Deputy Minister’s assertion that the contractor, Euroget De-Invest (EDI), is demanding US$85 million before returning to the site is a manufactured crisis. Let the facts be clear: no records at the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Defence support this outrageous claim”.
“The negotiated additional funding of US$19.3 million (Government of Ghana) for delays caused by the NDC’s misguided relocations has been fully paid,” he stated.
The minority argued, “The only outstanding amount owed to the contractor is US$500,000. To jump from an outstanding balance of US$500,000 to a sudden demand for US$85 million is not just mathematically absurd; it is criminal”.
“Any attempt to use the back door to pay this newly generated, unjustified amount of US$85 million can only be described by the popular Ghanaian cliché: ‘Create, Loot, and Share’.
We will fiercely resist this scheme. We demand value for money, and we will protect the public purse. The government must immediately abandon this fraudulent US$85 million claim, pay the outstanding US$500,000, and ensure the contractor completes the remaining 2% of the work without further delay”, he said.
Meanwhile, Ken Agyapong, the former Member of Parliament for Assin Central, has slammed the NPP minority over their constant attacks on the Mahama government concerning the Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region.
The former MP openly criticised successive administrations, including the NPP government under which he served as Chairman of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, for the prolonged delay in making the Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region fully operational.
Speaking to the media after donating a pickup truck and 15 motorcycles to the Ghana Police Service at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters, Ken Agyapong stated, “Has Afari Hospital been there for 15 months? NDC started it. We were there for 8 years; we didn’t do it. We are not doing politics, I am speaking the truth this Ghana.
We will criticise NDC and also do the same for the NPP; that is the only way to grow.
This hospital was started by President John Agyekum Kufuor. The locations and all those things. NDC came to start it, and when we came, I was NPP, and I am telling you the gospel truth. I was the chairman for Defence and Interior, and we didn’t do anything.
When we decided to go and inspect Afari, they stopped us. I heard somebody saying the Afari Hospital has been there for 15 months, but we were there for eight years and didn’t do it”, he added.
See the post below:
So, $500,000 for completion? You couldn't scrape together that modest sum to complete a hospital during your tenure—yet you stood by and actively urged Ken Ofori-Atta to surreptitiously funnel $58 million into a soulless Cathedral? Anokwa ! pic.twitter.com/d7XOUAtWJk
— Franklin CUDJOE (@lordcudjoe) June 16, 2026
