President Akufo-Addo has admitted that time that the timeline given by his government for the construction of all hospitals under the government’s Agenda 111 project, was overly ambitious.
He said this when he delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, Wednesday, March 30, 2022.
According to the President the initial schedule given for the completion was overly ambitious.
He had promised that the project will be completed before January 7, 2025.
“Agenda 111 is an ambitious project, which must and will be done, and which will create some 33,900 jobs for construction workers, and, on completion, some 34,300 jobs for health workers.”
“Mr. Speaker, I have to report that, like all major construction projects, it is evident that the initial schedule we gave for the completion of Agenda 111 was overly ambitious. Identifying suitable sites around the country, for example, has turned out to be even more problematic than had been anticipated. I am able to say that a great deal of the preparatory work has now been completed, and work has started at 87 of the 111 sites. I have been assured that preliminary work on the remaining 24 sites is ongoing,” he added.
The President went on to state that his administration has every intention of seeing the project through to a successful end, which will enable him to commission all the 111 hospitals before he leaves office on 7th January 2025.
“Mr. Speaker, we have saved lives and fared much better than we had feared, and the experts predicted, but the consequences of lockdowns, border and business closures, and unplanned expenditures have combined to have a devastating impact on our economy.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
