Ghana is expected to spend at least $17 million on each of its Agenda 111 hospital projects.
The country’s Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, told journalists at a press conference in Accra on Sunday, August 15, 2021, that the government has secured 88 different parcels of land for the project to take off.
He stated that “101 district Hospitals will commence on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. The provision will also see to the provision of two specialised hospitals, one for the middle belt and one for the northern part, these are psychiatric hospitals and then redevelopment of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.”
According to him, “There will also be the development of six new regional hospitals and one extra-regional hospital for the Western Region.”
“It is programmed to take between 12 months to complete each one. The project implementation committee chaired by Chief of Staff Madam Akosua Frema Osei Opare has currently secured 88 of the 101 sites,” the Minister noted.
He announced that the ruling New Patriotic Party government was advancing $100 million for the Agenda 111 to kickoff.
“Currently, the commencement of $100 million has been made available to the project through the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund. For the project themselves, it is budgeted at nearly $17 million for each district Hospitals,” he said.
“The district and specialised hospitals are being funded by the government of Ghana, but for the Regional hospitals, EPC arrangements have been made that come with their own funding associated with it,” according to him.
“Contractors for the various projects have also been procured and are commencing work with the first set starting from this week,” he added.
The Agenda 111 hospital project was announced by President Nana Akufo-Addo in April 2020 during the peak of the coronavirus in Ghana.
The project will see to the construction of 101 District Hospitals, six regional hospitals and two new psychiatric hospitals.
