President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged his commitment to completing the government’s ambitious Agenda 111 Projects before leaving office in 2025.
According to him, a great deal of preparatory work has been done for the completion of the project stressed his determination the work is completed by the end of his term.
The Agenda 111 project is part of a plan by the Akufo-Addo administration to ensure that 101 outstanding districts will be provided with hospitals in addition to 10 selected regional and specialised hospitals.
In August 2021, President Akufo-Addo cut sod in the Ashanti Region for the construction of the new hospital projects in some selected districts, as well as new regional hospitals for the six new regions.
There will also be the construction of two new psychiatric hospitals for the Middle Belt and Northern Belt, respectively, and the rehabilitation of the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital in the Western Region.
The projects have failed to progress according to plan because there has been no indication of commencement of the projects across the country.
However, Speaking at the 60th-anniversary celebration of the University of Ghana Medical School President Akufo-Addo said he is committed to ensuring the completion of all the projects.
It is expected to take 18 months to complete from the commencement of each unit, with funding of $100 million from the government through the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF).
Each of the hospitals will cost $16.88 million, with $12.88 million being used for the construction of the hospitals and $4 million for medical equipment.
67 of the hospitals under the Agenda 111 initiative are to commence by the end of March this year.