Kwabena Mintah Akandoh the Minister for Health has revealed that the Mahama government need to cough not less than $9 million to fully operationalize the Bokoro Agenda 111 Hospital.
It will be recalled that former President Akufo-Addo two days before the 2024 general elections, hurriedly officially inaugurated the Bokoro Agenda 111 Hospital in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh asserted that when the government talks about hospitals being in operation, it is not just brick-and-mortar.
On Monday, March 10, the Minister during a tour of the facility detailed, “Completing the project is one thing, and paying for the project to become a property of the state is also another thing. As we speak, we need to cough not less than $9 million for this particular project alone.
“When we talk about a hospital being in operation, it is not just the brick and mortar that is why I was requesting to see certain departments in the places. You cannot commission a project without hospital equipment being installed,” he stated.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh in earlier interviews revealed none of the Agenda 111 hospital projects inaugurated by the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government have been completed.
According to him, all the hospital projects are currently under construction and at various stages of completion.
He expressed surprise over the fact that although none of the hospitals are yet operational, they were inaugurated by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo before he left office.
During an inspection tour of the projects at the Atwima Kwanwoma Municipal Hospital in Trede in the Ashanti Region on Monday, March 3, 2025, Mintah Akandoh said President John Dramani Mahama had tasked him to work out the completion of the projects.
“I have been directed by the President to transfer the Agenda 111 hospitals from the presidency to the Ministry of Health, and also to oversee their completion.
“Where I am standing is one of the hospitals, and when it comes to hospitals, it is not just about the building alone but also the necessary facilities and staff that make up a functional hospital. Upon our inspection, we cannot call this place a hospital because construction is still ongoing.
“Based on the briefing I received from the same consultant employed by the previous government, none of the hospitals have been completed,” the Health Minister said.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama delivered his first State of the Nation Address in his second term to Parliament on Thursday, February 27, President Mahama revealed that over $400 million has been spent on the project yet there is nothing to be shown.
According to John Mahama, the Agenda 111 hospital projects were just a knee-jerk response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
John Mahama further communicated displeasure that the project, which was meant to improve healthcare infrastructure, has not produced any operational facilities.
President Mahama stated, “It is worth disclosing that USD400m has already been disbursed under the Agenda 111 project. If this amount had been used appropriately, it would have completed and made operational about 22 of these hospitals”.
John Mahama has also earlier revealed Ghana will need $ 1.7 billion to complete all unfinished Agenda 111 projects as there are so many unfinished Agenda 111 hospitals.
However, Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, a former Presidential Advisor on Health has boldly accused the John Mahama government halted the operationalisation of Agenda 111 hospitals.
According to Dr Anthony Nsiah Asare, the Agenda 111 hospitals are not operationalisation due to the Chief of Staff’s directive to terminate all contracts after December 7.
He asserted that the Chief of Staff directive affected the smooth take-off of the completed hospital.
