Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that the government has started the exercise of visiting 88 of the Agenda 111 projects currently under construction.
On Thursday, June 29, he said, the team arrived at site no 33 out of the 54 sites in phase 1 of the inspection.
That site is Trede, where the President first cut sod for the projects, he said.
“The projects are progressing steadily, albeit with some challenges. 45 of them have been encouraged to finish civil works before this year is over, looking at the progress of work.
“3 contractors have been terminated for failing to meet standards. We can do this. Let’s keep at it,”Mr Oppong Nkrumah who is also Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker tweeted.
We have started the exercise of visiting the 88 of the Agenda 111 projects currently under construction.
Yesterday we arrived at site no 33 out of the 54 sites in phase 1 of our inspection. That site is Trede, where the President first cut sod for the projects.
The projects are… pic.twitter.com/022AFvVgJu
— Kojo Oppong Nkrumah (@konkrumah) June 30, 2023
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday August 17 2021 commissioned the Agenda 111 project.
During the commission of the project in Trede in the Ashanti Region the President said among other things that the project was going to provide 20,000 jobs for health professionals when completed.
He said the Ministry of Health was also going to recruit more doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.
The president further indicated that the Covid-19 pandemic has exposed years of under-investment in Ghana’s health sector.
To that end, he said his administration was improving on the investment in the health sector of the economy.
He said “I am glad that the biggest ever investment in the nation’s healthcare is being made.We have met this morning because of the ravages of Covid 19 which has affected every country on the planet.
“For us in Ghana not only has the pandemic disrupted our daily lives, but it has also exposed the deficiencies in our healthcare system because of years of underinvestment and neglect.”