Akufo-Addo Implores Mahama to Complete Agenda 111 Projects

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on President John Dramani Mahama to channel the needed resources to complete and operationalise the Agenda 111 project, which his erstwhile government started in 2020.

According to him, the project was conceived to provide the much-needed health care services across the country.

“Agenda 111 was a programme built on a simple but powerful principle: no Ghanaian, regardless of location, should be denied access to quality healthcare,” he said at the launch of the Kyebi Government Hospital’s centenary celebrations over the weekend

Acknowledging his government’s inability to complete the project, Nana Akufo-Addo stated that some of the projects reached advanced stages and must be prioritised for completion by the current government.

“We must be honest; not every project was realised, not every facility was completed. Some reached advanced stages but could not be finished before our term ended. Agenda 111 must be continued.

“Continuity, not disruption, is how health systems succeed. What was built must be maintained, what was started must be completed, and what was learned must not be lost. That is how progress is ensured,” the former President said.

The Agenda 111 initiative was birthed after the Covid-19 pandemic with plans to construct 101 district hospitals, six Regional Hospitals, three psychiatric hospitals for the Coastal, Middle and Northern Belts, respectively, and the rehabilitation of the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital in the Western Region.

The project was envisioned to be completed and commissioned before the end of the term of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2025.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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