Asiedu Nketia, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured Ghanaians that the Akufo-Addo government administration’s Agenda 111 projects will not be left to rot.
According to Asiedu Nketia, projects started by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo Bawumia administration will not be abandoned to rot when they were paid for by taxpayers.
Asiedu Nketia is stated to have said, “Any project started by any previous administration was funded from the taxpayers’ money. And taxpayers don’t change”.
“If we say that we are not going to complete this project because it was started by someone, then we are not helping the country.”
The NDC Chairman highlighted, specifically mentioning the Agenda 111 district hospitals that were started but not completed under the NPP.
He asserted that all Agenda 111 hospitals capable of being completed would be made operational by the John Mahama-led government.
Earlier, former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who has told the NDC-led John Mahama government that the stalled Agenda 111 hospitals must be completed.
According to Akufo-Addo, the completion and operationalisation of the stalled Agenda 111 hospitals will boost Ghana’s healthcare.
Akufo-Addo made this known while speaking over the weekend at the launch of the Kyebi Government Hospital’s centenary celebrations.
The event was organised by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional State and the Kyebi Government Hospital.
Akufo-Addo stated, “We must also be honest, not every project was realised, not every project was completed. At some facilities, we reached advanced stages that could not be finished before our term ended.
Agenda 111 must be continued. Continuity, not disruption, is how health systems succeed,” he said.
The Agenda 111 was a flagship under the former Akufo-Addo government, which was designed to construct 111 hospitals nationwide to bridge gaps in access to medical care.
Meanwhile, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister for Health, has admitted that the current NDC administration will not be able to complete all the hospitals under the Agenda 111 initiative by the former Akufo-Addo government.
The Health Minister highlighted that the government remains committed to improving healthcare infrastructure, but must be realistic.
According to the Health Minister, the NDC government cannot complete all Agenda 111 projects, with some of the Hospitals at varying levels of completion.
He disclosed that while some projects are at advanced stages, others remain at early phases.
Speaking in an interview on the Citi Breakfast Show on Wednesday, April 22, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh stated, “If we say that we will be able to complete all the Agenda 111 projects, which are over 100, within one year or even four years, it is a lie.
Let’s be realistic and I started saying this even in opposition, and you heard me loud and clear that there was no way we were going to complete these 111 hospitals within the timeframe the president gave us.”