‘You Did Nothing About Afari Hospital In 8 Years’ – Kennedy Agyapong Fires Minority

Former Assin Central MP and business magnate, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has expressed strong disappointment over the prolonged delay in completing and operationalising the Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region.

He described it as a major missed opportunity to improve healthcare delivery in Ghana.

Speaking to the media shortly after donating a pickup truck and 15 motorcycles to the Ghana Police Service at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters on Tuesday, June 16, Kennedy Agyapong criticised successive governments, including the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration under which he served as Chairman of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee.

He said the hospital, envisioned as a major facility to serve both military personnel and civilians, should have been completed and fully operational years ago given the scale of investment into the project.

Tracing the project’s history, he noted that the foundation was laid under former President John Agyekum Kufuor, with significant construction works carried out under a subsequent National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.

According to him, despite inheriting the project when the NPP assumed office, little was done to ensure its completion during the party’s eight years in power.

“This hospital was started by President John Agyekum Kufuor. The locations and all those things. NDC came to start it, and when we came, I am NPP, and I am telling you the gospel truth. I was the chairman for Defence and Interior, and we didn’t do anything,” he said.

“When we decided to go and inspect Afari, they stopped us. I heard somebody saying the Afari Hospital has been there for 15 months, but we were there for eight years and didn’t do it,” he added.

The comments have reignited debate over delays in major infrastructure projects and accountability in Ghana’s health sector.