Ghana’s healthcare sector is holding its breath as the Presidential Adviser on Health, Dr. Nsiah-Asare, expressed confidence that the 2025 budget will include funding for the Agenda 111 projects. Apexnewsgh reports
This flagship initiative, launched under the Akufo-Addo administration, aims to construct 111 hospitals across Ghana, significantly improving healthcare access.
With many of these projects nearing completion, Dr. Nsiah-Asare emphasized that he would be shocked if no allocation is made to ensure their completion. “I would be shocked if there is no funding for Agenda 111 in the 2025 budget because most of the projects are at the completion stage,” he stated.
However, Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has disputed claims that some of the hospitals have been completed. During an inspection of the Atwima Kwanwoma Municipal Hospital, he revealed that construction was still ongoing at sites inaugurated by the previous administration.
President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Health Minister to oversee the completion of the Agenda 111 projects and transition their management from the presidency to the Ministry of Health. The president also criticized the previous government’s decision to site hospitals at places where mission hospitals existed, suggesting that collaborating with faith-based organizations to improve existing health facilities would have been a better approach.
As stakeholders eagerly await the 2025 budget, concerns over funding and completion timelines remain. The president has proposed an innovative solution, suggesting that faith-based organizations take up some of the uncompleted Agenda 111 projects, complete them, and manage them. With the fate of these critical healthcare facilities hanging in the balance, the upcoming budget will be a crucial turning point in Ghana’s quest for improved healthcare.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
