Mahama has abandoned 30 Agenda 111 hospitals NPP left in 70% completion stage — Dr. Okoe-Boye

Convener of the Ghana Amalgam for Development, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye

Convener of the Ghana Amalgam for Development, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye, has criticised the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration for abandoning 30 Agenda 111 hospitals which, he claimed, were 70% complete before the New Patriotic Party (NPP) left office.

According to the former Minister for Health, the facilities would have been completed within six months had the NPP won the 2024 general elections.

Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Thursday, October 16, Dr. Okoe-Boye said the neglect of the projects has deprived Ghanaians of essential healthcare services and stalled job creation in local communities.

“As of November 2024, active work was ongoing at 100 of the 140 sites, with 30 hospitals crossing the 70% completion mark. Within three to six months after January 7, 2025, these facilities could have been fully operational for Ghanaians if the NPP had not left office,” he said.

The former Health Minister lamented that despite three of the facilities being fully completed and equipped, they remain unused due to what he described as “political neglect.”

“These hospitals are not only meant for healthcare; they are economic poles. Each completed hospital could immediately employ 12,000 to 15,000 health workers and boost local economies through accommodation, transport, and food businesses,” he noted.

Dr. Okoe-Boye urged the government to act swiftly by engaging contractors to resume work on the projects, stressing that billions of cedis invested in them risk being wasted.

“The NPP administration paid about GH¢4.86 billion in certificates for these projects, not loans, but directly from revenue collected from Ghanaians. If this government neglects them, that money will perish in the ground. Every leader should take advantage of this project to create opportunities for our people,” he noted.