Agenda 111: Gov’t Targets Completion of 35 Hospitals Within Two Years
Tony Goodman says government resources will focus on advanced projects, with partnerships being explored to complete others.
- Gov’t targets 35 Agenda 111 hospitals
- Work has resumed on some projects
- About 10 facilities showing progress
The government says it is working to revive stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects, with about 35 facilities targeted for completion within the next two years.
Tony Goodman, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, said work had resumed on some of the projects, while the government is also exploring partnerships to help complete others.
According to Mr Goodman, about 10 facilities are already showing progress, with government resources being channelled into projects that are further advanced.
“We’ve also put in place a clear plan, which is to get government resources to complete about 35 of them,” he said.
The Ministry is also considering partnerships with organisations including the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), non-governmental organisations and multinational companies to support the completion of some of the remaining facilities.
Mr Goodman said the approach is intended to ensure that investments already made in the stalled projects do not go to waste.
“I can tell you, if you go to some of the sites, Agenda 111 is currently ongoing. About 10 of them I can speak to now are currently seeing some improvement. So that is the plan,” he said.
He explained that the government is prioritising projects that are further advanced to maximise the use of resources already committed to them.
However, Mr Goodman cautioned that completing all 111 hospitals within a short period would be unrealistic due to the financial resources required.
“You cannot do 101 hospitals within a year or two. That is not possible,” he said.
The comments come amid renewed discussions over the future of the Agenda 111 programme, particularly following the government’s announcement of plans to construct three 160-bed regional referral hospitals in the Oti, Savannah and Western Regions.
Former Health Minister and Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has questioned the decision to undertake new hospital projects while several Agenda 111 facilities remain incomplete.
