The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has noted that all contracts associated with the Agenda 111 projects were legally awarded.
He was responding to claims by MP for North Dayi Rockson Dafeamekpor that the contracts were awarded illegally.
He was addressing a press briefing on Sunday, September 5, 2021.
“We have noticed deliberate politically -motivated claims of impropriety being cooked up against the project. This includes a recent claim by the MP for North Dayi that the project was illegally awarded.”
“Government assures the public that all the contracts associated with the project were legally granted in accordance with approval from the Public Procurement Act.”
He also disputed assertions that the cost for the projects was inflated.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in August 2021, cut-sod for the construction of a district hospital at Trede in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region.
The president also disclosed that each of the hospitals will cost $16.88 million.
President Akufo-Addo also explained that $12.88 million will be for the construction of the hospitals and $4 million for medical equipment.
“So far sites have been identified for 88 of the 111 hospitals, and after cutting the sod, work on the other 87 sites will also commence today [Tuesday].”
“The acquisition of the remaining 13 sites will be completed shortly for work to begin. Each hospital is being constructed at a cost of $16.88 million, i.e. $12.88 million for construction and $4 million for medical equipment, and all the hospitals are to be completed in 18 months and works will begin on the regional and other hospitals in the latter part of the year.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana