Civil works on three of the Agenda 111 health projects commissioned under Akufo-Addo are yet to be completed.

Though facilities at Trede, Oforikrom and Ahanta West Districts were commissioned two days before the 2024 elections, there were no plans in place for handing over to the Ghana Health Service for operationalisation.

Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says civil works for all the facilities are below ninety-five percent complete.

“In terms of the civil works, none of the commissioned facilities is above ninety five percent and I am being very charitable”, he said.

The Health Minister made this statement after touring the two commissioned Agenda 111 facilities in the Ashanti Region.

According to the Health Minister, only 400 million dollars of the 1.7 billion dollars needed for the 111 health facilities was released for construction.

By the figures, over a billion dollars will be needed for the completion of all facilities under construction.
“We need not less than 1.4 billion dollars to be able to finish the projects, these are the facts”, Mr. Akandoh explains.

A visit to the Oforikrom and Atwima Nwabiagya facilities, commissioned by the former President showed both facilities are not operational.

Road networks leading to both sites untarred, dusty and bumpy.

At the Trede facility, part of the roads within the hospital are untarred. Though civil works are advanced, there is much to be done in both facilities.

At Trede, some beds and a few equipment that were moved into the hospital continue to gather dust due to inactivity.

Mr. Akandoh explains, “Per my inspection, the civil works are not complete. Labs are incomplete, not all equipment have been delivered so we don’t have health workers here as expected.”

“I came with the Director General of the Ghana Health Service and the Regional Director, they tell me there is no action plan for recruitment or staffing for these facilities”, he added.

According to the Minister, though there are no dedicated source of funding for the project, the government is willing to complete the projects following submission of a blueprint.