First of the Eurojet Projects; 500 Bed Afari Military Hospital was initiated by the NPP Government under President Kufuor.…
This would not be the first time I am seeking to set the records straight on the Eurojet Hospitals Project(s) envisioned and initiated by the Government of Ghana (GoG) per the Kufuor Administration (NPP 2 Administration) in the year 2008. I had the opportunity to do somthing similar two years ago(2020).
Inspite of the abundance of material of evidential value underscoring the genesis and trajectory of the Project under reference, it appears there’s still some controversy relative to who did what, when, where and how to actualise and sustain the evolution of the Project to date.
Honestly, but for the tendency of “political elements” across the political divide, who are prone to claim “exclusive credit” relative to this and other projects, methinks the controversy is needless and unwarranted. However, in an enviroment of competitive partisan politics, it is virtually impossible to impose an “injunction” on this “sub-culture”. Hence my decision to set the records striaght via “The 4 Cs methodology”; (Conceptualization, Construction, Completion and Commissioning).
Indeed, evidence of this “methodology” was best articulated by President Akufo-Addo when he commissioned one of the Nine Eurojet Hospitals; the Upper West Regional Hospital(Wa) on 18th. August, 2019.
Hear him: ” This project has passed through the hands of four successive Presidents of Ghana. It was initiated and begun under the 2nd. President of the 4th. Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor; it was continued by His Excellency John Evans Atta Mills; and his successor; His Excellency John Dramani Mahama; and it has been commissioned by me; the 5th. President of the 4th. Republic. This is a good statement about our our country, of our institutions and of our governance”.
As I indicated eslewhere recently, and two years ago, the above presidential observation tells the factual and truthful story relative to “the 4 Cs” of the EUROJET HOSPITALS PROJECT(s).
Beginning with this instalment(1st), I shall reproduce authentic official documentation showing the trajectory of events; MoUs; Cabinet and Parliamentary Approvals and Memoranda: Credit/Financing Aggrements; Contract Agreements and their Addenda; Value For Money Audit Negotiations and Minutes and CAGD and BoG records relative to the funding of the projects among other relevant pieces of evidential value which could help dymystify the needless “exclusivist credit-taking” debate/controversy over the Project under reference.
I start with President Kufuor’s grant of Executive Approval for “PROJECT FINANCING AND SUPPLY OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR 500 BED MILITARY HOSPITAL WITH RESIDENTIAL STAFF HOUSING FOR THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN KUMASI” dated 19th. July, 2008, and signed by the then Secretary to the Cabinet, Mr. Frank Mpare.
PS: The STANDING ORDERS of ‘This HOUSE’ which I deliberately relaxed yesterday, have been elevated to its original status, and would be strictly observed. The usual “Intruders” and “Gate Crashers” and their “ugly noises” , innuendos and insinuations would be IGNORED!
Stay tuned for more……
